Kalinaw News: 1003rd (Raptor) Brigade’s 12hr Ops yield 12 High-powered Firearms, 4 CNTs Surrender

Posted to Kalinaw News (Dec 13, 2021): 1003rd (Raptor) Brigade’s 12hr Ops yield 12 High-powered Firearms, 4 CNTs Surrender

Brgy Mahayag, Bunawan, Davao City-For the past 12 hours of December 12, 2021, the Brigade facilitated the surrender of 4 PSR-listed SRGU members with a total of 12 HPFAs in 3 incidents at the Municipalities of San Fernando, Bukidnon and Talaingod, Davao del Norte.

Along with the previous focus military operations last December 7, 2021 conducted by 89IB under the 1003Bde an encounter transpired with the group of SRGU, SRC5 at So Pusod, Brgy Cayaga, San Fernando, Bukidnon that resulted to the capture of three (3) female amazons under SRGU, SRC5, SMRC: alias BEAUTY, alias EBA and alias AILEEN.

This prompted the government troops to enhance the conduct of pursuit operations for the other fleeing rebels.

With this, at around 7:30 pm yesterday, December 12, 2021, in a joint operation of 56IB and 89IB recovered three (3) HPFAs at Brgy Sto Domingo, San Fernando, Bukidnon that resulted to the discovery of arms cache containing one (1) Bushmaster M16 Rifle, CZ 858 Tactical-4V, and M1 Carbine which was buried by the group of SRGU, SRC5, SMRC.


In a separate incident at 9:10 o’clock on the same evening in Brgy Bulalang, San Fernando, Bukidnon, two members of SRGU, SRC5, SMRC namely Kimkim BALITE @TAMBUTSO Squad Leader, Platun Basil and Hazel SAMSON @KAT, Logistic Officer surrendered to the troops of 89IB and 103MICO, bringing with them one M16A1 Elisco Rifle.

On the following morning of December 13 at around 5am, two (2) CNT leaders namely Todong Balite Manlologpis alias BORJACK, CO of Platun Andoy, SRGU and Magno Colot Maas alias RICHARD, Iskwad Lider of Segunda, Platun Andoy, SRGU voluntarily surrendered to 56IB and 27IB. After a thorough debriefing of the two they disclosed the location of the arms cache with eight (8) HPFAs consisting of four (4) M16 Elisco Rifle, one Bushmaster M16 Rifle, Colt M653 Rifle and two M14 Rifle buried at So. Bagang, Brgy Palma Gil, Talaingod.

At present, as an impact of the 1003Bde IP-Centric Campaign for the past 5 1/2 months, the whole SRC5, SMRC and Platun Bagsik strength from 80 CNT members are now down to 9 active in one merged unit (2 HQ and 7 SRGU), 7 permitted to go home and 6 AWOL.

Likewise, the status of the three Brigade target allocations for its mission, Platun Bagsik and GF 55 were dismantled while SRGU was down to its lowest formation with only 9 active CNT members and other 13 members on lielow status from the said armed group.

In an interview with Arian Jane Ramos alias Marikit, the former Sec of GF 55 said that “With the snowball of surrenders and recovery of firearms the whole SRC 5 is technically dismantled.” She said.

Colonel Consolito P Yecla, Commander said that looking back to the marching order of the President to end the local armed conflict, technically, the 1003rd Brigade accomplished the dismantling of CTGs in its area of responsibility, 6 months earlier before the end of the term of PRRD.

“We will sustain our focus military operations to ensure that the SRGU is totally disintegrated, isolated, dislocated and destroyed from their traditional bases in Davao-Bukidnon, losing its foothold in the Pantaron Range particularly at the IP-dominated remote villages.” Colonel Yecla said.

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