Kalinaw News: LTG Brigade Commander and 2 other Combatants yield to 34IB

Posted to Kalinaw News (Nov 1, 2020): LTG Brigade Commander and 2 other Combatants yield to 34IB



CAMP Siongco, Maguindanao – Three more “disgruntled” combatants, including a brigade commander of the Local Terrorist Group, a member of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) have yielded to 34th Infantry Battalion in Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao on Tuesday October 27, 2020.

The surrenderees were resident of sitio Bentad and Sitio Macantal, all of Brgy Ulandang, Midasayap, North Cotabato. They are former followers of wanted BIFF leader Imam Karialan and now vowed to authorities that they will not take up arms against the government after they have pledged allegiance to the Republic.

“We are confused and we do not know what we are fighting for,” said one of the surrenderers.The surrenderees brought along with them their fire arms one Caliber 50 BMG 12.7x99mm sniper rifle and one M14 sniper rifle Barret and some ammos.

Major. Gen. Juvymax R. Uy, Commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division and concurrent chief of Joint Task Force Central, said Karialan and his remaining band of followers are continuously being hunted by government troops in the boundaries of Maguindanao and North Cotabato.

The Commander 6ID, thanked the troops of 34 IB and the local officials who helped convince the LTGs to return to the fold of law.Surrendered personalities were brought to the Headquarters of 34IB, for initial debriefing and processing.

Last October 24, nine BIFF have surrendered to 6ID, including a field commander and a bomb maker because of the pressures of an intensified military offensive against them in Maguindanao.

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