6 NPA members surrender; Army recover rebel's remains

 From the Manila Times (Mar 18, 2022): 6 NPA members surrender; Army recover rebel's remains (By Cris Diaz)

Six members of the New People's Army (NPA) surrendered to state forces on Wednesday as government troopers retrieved the decaying body of another rebel killed in a recent clash in Bukidnon.

Maj. Lemuel D. Bacarro, spokesman of the Army's 8th Infantry Battalion (8IB) in Maramag, Bukidnon, said on Thursday that three of the rebels who yielded were NPA team leaders, two were medics and one used to be the NPA squad leader operating around the area of the 8IB.

Bacarro also said that patrolling military forces retrieved the decaying body of an NPA rebel identified only as Prodo on Tuesday in the hinterlands of Can-ayan village in Malaybalay, Bukidnon. The six rebels who surrendered said Prodo was slain during an encounter with state forces on March 3, 2022.

Bacarro said that Prodo sustained a gunshot wound on the lower abdomen and was left to die while his comrades withdrew.

Bacarro added that the military will turn over the cadaver to the local government unit to be accorded a decent burial.

He said that the six rebels are being processed to see if they are qualified to avail of the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program and other benefits.

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