From Panay News (Jun 8, 2021): Military tells Concha: Surrender before it’s too late (By Ruby Silubrico)
BOCALA
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is calling on Maria Concepcion “Concha” Araneta-Bocala, a high-ranking official of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Panay Island, to surrender “before it’s too late”.
“We have caught Bocala before…we definitely can catch her again,” said Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesperson of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division.
Bocala is the wife of Reynaldo Bocala, also a ranking rebel leader in Panay Island, who died in a police operation in Barangay Balabag, Pavia, Iloilo on May 28 along with his aide Willy Epago.
“If I were her, she better surrender, stop being hard-headed. Tomorrow may not be favorable to her. Baka maubos din swerte nya gaya ng asawa nya,” Pancito said.
The military had been patiently hunting Reynaldo for some 30 years.
“There is no safe haven for (rebel) leaders and their fighters. They move every now and then to evade government troops,” Pancito said. “Every day is an opportunity to bring them to justice.”
Citing intelligence reports, Pancito said Bocala – recently tagged a terrorist by the Anti-Terrorism Council – is still in Western Visayas hopping from one place to another to avoid being caught.
“She is literally living the life of an NPA (no permanent address),” said Pancito. “We will never get tired (looking for her).”
Bocala was arrested by combined forces of the military and police on Aug. 1, 2015 at a safe house in Barangay Calumpang, Molo, Iloilo City. She was temporarily released from detention in 2016 to participate in the peace talks between the Communist Party of the Philippines and the national government in Norway.
After President Rodrigo Duterte terminated the negotiations 2017, Bocala sought the help of comrades to hide.
“We will still give Bocala and other leaders (a chance) to surrender. (But) hanggang kailan sya magtatago,” Pancito said.
In the early 1970s, Bocala was a student activist at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. When martial law was declared, she joined the NPA to fight the Marcos dictatorship.
Her husband Reynaldo handled several positions in the NPA in Panay Island before he was killed. He was the former deputy secretary of the NPA Southern Front Committee, chief of the NPA regional operational department and finance officer, among others.
https://www.panaynews.net/military-tells-concha-surrender-before-its-too-late/
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is calling on Maria Concepcion “Concha” Araneta-Bocala, a high-ranking official of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Panay Island, to surrender “before it’s too late”.
“We have caught Bocala before…we definitely can catch her again,” said Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesperson of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division.
Bocala is the wife of Reynaldo Bocala, also a ranking rebel leader in Panay Island, who died in a police operation in Barangay Balabag, Pavia, Iloilo on May 28 along with his aide Willy Epago.
“If I were her, she better surrender, stop being hard-headed. Tomorrow may not be favorable to her. Baka maubos din swerte nya gaya ng asawa nya,” Pancito said.
The military had been patiently hunting Reynaldo for some 30 years.
“There is no safe haven for (rebel) leaders and their fighters. They move every now and then to evade government troops,” Pancito said. “Every day is an opportunity to bring them to justice.”
Citing intelligence reports, Pancito said Bocala – recently tagged a terrorist by the Anti-Terrorism Council – is still in Western Visayas hopping from one place to another to avoid being caught.
“She is literally living the life of an NPA (no permanent address),” said Pancito. “We will never get tired (looking for her).”
Bocala was arrested by combined forces of the military and police on Aug. 1, 2015 at a safe house in Barangay Calumpang, Molo, Iloilo City. She was temporarily released from detention in 2016 to participate in the peace talks between the Communist Party of the Philippines and the national government in Norway.
After President Rodrigo Duterte terminated the negotiations 2017, Bocala sought the help of comrades to hide.
“We will still give Bocala and other leaders (a chance) to surrender. (But) hanggang kailan sya magtatago,” Pancito said.
In the early 1970s, Bocala was a student activist at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. When martial law was declared, she joined the NPA to fight the Marcos dictatorship.
Her husband Reynaldo handled several positions in the NPA in Panay Island before he was killed. He was the former deputy secretary of the NPA Southern Front Committee, chief of the NPA regional operational department and finance officer, among others.
https://www.panaynews.net/military-tells-concha-surrender-before-its-too-late/
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