Kalinaw News: Gov’t troops turn over the remains of Ka Aira to her family

Posted to Kalinaw News (Jan 27, 2021): Gov’t troops turn over the remains of Ka Aira to her family



CAMP MELCHOR F DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela- Through the 5th Civil-Military Operations Battalion (5CMOBn), 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army, the Cagayan Police Provincial Office and Baggao Municipal Police Station turned-over the corpse of alyas Aira to her aunt, Ms. Pilar Bautista together with their relatives in Baggao, Cagayan on January 26, 2021.

Prior to this, the Army troops located and talked to the relatives of alyas Aira to give her a decent burial since her immediate family cannot do it for her because of their affiliation to the terrorist Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).

As soon as the relatives of alias Aira have shown their willingness to give her a decent funeral rite, troops of CMO Battalion together with the 501st Infantry Brigade, 77th Infantry Battalion and the Cagayan Police Provincial Office assisted them to transport the remains of alyas Aira in their hometown in Gamu, Isabela.

Bautista expressed her gratitude to the military troops for their effort in looking for the remains of alyas Aira for them to give her a proper burial.

MGen Laurence E Mina PA, Commander, 5ID sympathizes to the family of Ka Aira and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family.

“Ka Aira is one of the victims of the deceptive recruitment of the CPP-NPA-NDF. Again, I call on the remaining members of the CPP-NPA to lay down their arms and resist to become the next victim.” MGen Mina said.

It can be recalled that joint forces of 5ID and PNP recovered the cadaver of alyas Aira at Sitio Kapanisuwan, Barangay Bitag Grande, Baggao, Cagayan on January 23, 2020 with the help of a former rebel.

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