3 Reds surrender in Calabarzon

 From the Philippine Star (Jun 20, 2022): 3 Reds surrender in Calabarzon (By Ed Amoroso)

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines — Three alleged New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas tagged in a series of atrocities in Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon have surrendered to authorities, police said yesterday.

Two of the surrenderees were members of the NPA’s Komiteng Rehiyon-Timog Katagalugan, according to Brig. Gen. Antonio Yarra, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) police director.

They were presented to Col. Ledon Monte and Capt. Karl Sta. Clara of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion at Camp Heneral Macario Sakay in Los Baños, Laguna.

The other surrenderee, a member of the NPA’s Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee, was presented to authorities in Quezon province, Yarra said.

The rebels said the difficulty of life in the mountains forced them to leave the communist movement.

They said they were always on the run due to the military’s intensified campaign against the insurgents.

Yarra said the continuous surrender of rebels showed that the government’s efforts to end the communist armed conflict are gaining ground.

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