From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 15, 2020): NPA purge executioner in Leyte arrested (By 802nd Infantry Brigade)
INOPACAN, Leyte, July 15 -– Armed with an arrest warrant, operatives of Joint Task Force “TANDAYA,” a recently organized AFP-PNP Task Force covering the provinces of Biliran, Leyte and Southern Leyte, netted Felomino D. Salazar Jr., with aliases Jun Salazar, Lino Salazar and Celso – EXECOM member of the CPP-NPA Southern Leyte Front – in Brgy Tinago, Inopacan, Leyte on July 14, 2020.
The Warrant of Arrest was issued by Branch 32, Regional Trial Court of the National Capital Judicial Region for fifteen (15) counts of murder committed during the infamous CPP-NPA purging activities in the late 1980’s dubbed as “Operation Anti-Venereal Disease.”
Salazar was then part of the dreaded CPP-NPA Intel Group whose main task during the implementation of the “Operation Anti-Venereal Disease” was to identify, arrest, investigate and execute suspected government informants within their organization.
His former comrades who had already returned to the folds of the law tagged him as “Taga-ihaw” or executioner of the victims of the NPA purging directed by the CPP Central Committee purposely to cleanse its ranks of suspected government agents.
802nd Infantry Brigade Commander Col Oliveros congratulated the members of the Joint Task Force who arrested Salazar and said that “the accomplishment was a major breakthrough for JTF ‘TANDAYA’ since its creation on July 3, 2020.”
During his arrest, Salazar said “Nagsurender na ako kay mayor,” and that he was expecting for his arrest, “pero wala akong regrets dahil proud ako na nagserbisyo sa bayan sa ilalim ng kilusan.”
Salazar was immediately brought to CIDG Station in Ormoc City for documentation and to undergo the proper booking procedure.
Meanwhile, his wife Gregoria Salazar, who is allegedly a former member of the “Task Force Detainee of the Philippines” mentioned that she will hire a lawyer for her husband’s defense. (802IB)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1047612
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