Kalinaw News: CTG firearms and war materiel recovered by gov’t troops in Cagayan

From Kalinaw News (Aug 12, 2022): CTG firearms and war materiel recovered by gov’t troops in Cagayan

Camp Aquino, Tarlac City – Aug 11, 2022

Government troops of the Joint Task Force Tala recovered 20 high-powered firearms and war materiel after an encounter with members of the Communist terrorist group in Brgy Calassitan, Sto Niño, Cagayan in the afternoon of August 9, 2022.

In a report submitted by Brig Gen Steve Crespillo, Commander of Joint Task Group Valiant which oversees the operations of the involved army units in the encounter, he stated that the troops battled in a 15-minute shoot-out with more or less 15 fully armed communist terrorists led by Edgar Bautista alias Simoy, Secretary of the West Front Committee, Komiteng Probinsyang Cagayan.

After scouring the encounter site, the troops recovered the following firearms: two (2) M60 light machineguns; one (1) M14 rifle; one (1) Carbine rifle; one (1) AK47 rifle; one (1) M653 rifle; six (6) M16A1 rifles; and one (1) 12 gauge homemade shotgun.

Brig. Gen. Crespillo furthered that “the troops immediately conducted search and blocking operations in the vicinity wherein they discovered an arms cache of the communist terrorist group and recovered the following: one (1) AK47 with incomplete parts; three (3) M16A1 with incomplete parts; two (2) M14 with incomplete parts; one (1) Garand rifle; and ammunition such as 133 pcs for M14 7.62mm, 23 pcs for Cal.30 Carbine, and 95 pcs for AK47 5.62mm.”

Additionally, the Startroopers also recovered two (2) IED components; thirty (30) meters detonating cord; five (5) bandoliers with magazines; medical paraphernalia, food, and one CTG flag from the discovered arms cache near the vicinity of the encounter site.

Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Laurence Mina, Commander of Joint Task Force Tala, assured the public that the Tala troopers will remain relentless in their pursuit to decimate the few remaining communist terrorists in their area of operations.

Likewise, Lt. Gen. Ernesto Torres Jr expressed his elation upon the accomplishments of the troops in Cagayan saying that “the continuous depletion of arms of the CTGs manifests the nearing end of insurgency in the northern region.”

The NOLCOM commander also reiterated his call to the remaining communist terrorists to “surrender while they still have the chance and take the arm of peace because the military will only further intensify efforts in clearing insurgency in the north and central Luzon.”

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