Thursday, December 10, 2020

Kalinaw News: Three Communist Terrorist Group members surrenders in Iligan

Posted to Kalinaw News (Dec 10, 2020): Three Communist Terrorist Group members surrenders in Iligan



Brgy. Nangka, Balo-I, LDN – Three Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) members voluntarily surrendered to Army’s 4th Mechanized Battalion in Barangay Nangka, Balo-I, Lanao del Norte, Wednesday, December 09,2020 around 8:00 in the morning.

The former rebels were identified members of SRC 5, North Central Mindanao Regional Committee which is operating in hinterland boundaries of Iligan, Misamis Occidental and Bukidnon.

One of the surrenderee yielded one caliber 45 handgun and were presented with the presence of Local Government Units and Chief executives of Iligan City.

As of this posting, the three CTG members were currently undergoing custodial debriefing.


According to Brig. Gen. Facundo Palafox IV, 2nd Mechanized Brigade commander, “The support of Local Government Units, Local Chief executives thru TF ELCAC, plays a significant role in fighting insurgents in the area of operation”.

Brig. Gen. Palafox also added that their combat operations in hinterland boundaries of the three provinces is aggressive and relentless.

Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Gene Ponio, the 1st Infantry Division and Joint Task Force Zampelan (Zamboanga Peninsula and Lanao Provinces) commander urge the troops to continue the no-let-up operations against the threat groups in the area of responsibility.

He also directed the commanders to continue collaborate with the local chief executives, local government units and other stakeholders in order to encourage more former rebels to surrender.

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