INTENSIFY INTEL. Antique Police Provincial Office Deputy Director for Operations Lt. Col. Norby Escobar says on Friday (Feb. 14, 2020) they condemn the New People's Army (NPA) ambush in Janiuay, Iloilo. Antique policemen are instructed to intensify intelligence monitoring to thwart similar incidents. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay)
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -- The Antique Police Provincial Office (APPO) has condemned the New People’s Army (NPA) for an ambush on February 13 which led to the death of a police official in Janiuay, Iloilo.
“We condemn to the highest degree the treacherous deed of the NPA,” APPO Deputy Director for Operations Lt. Col. Norby Escobar said in a press conference at their headquarters on Friday.
Killed in the ambush was Police Capt. Efren Espanto Jr., team leader of the 6th Reconnaissance Company of the Regional Mobile Force.
Escobar said Espanto was a very promising police officer who could have risen to a general position if not for the fatal ambush.
He said Espanto served for two years until 2019 in Antique province as chief of police of the Municipality of San Remigio before his assignment to Janiuay town.
“As chief of police of San Remigio town his colleagues had nothing to say but praises,” he said.
Escobar added that the death of Espanto had deprived his wife of a good husband and a good father to their 11-month-old child.
“The Antique police condole with the family of Captain Espanto,” he said.
Meanwhile, Escobar said the APPO Mobile Force has been instructed to be extra careful in their operations and to intensify their intelligence to avoid similar misfortunes.
“The police are instructed to establish their defensive security posture" and also offensive operations against the NPA depending on the situation, he said.
The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1093872
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