Key Philippine Military and Insurgency-Related Events: WESTMINCOM: Communist terrorist group team leader surrenders in Bukidnon

Monday, September 18, 2023

WESTMINCOM: Communist terrorist group team leader surrenders in Bukidnon

Posted to the Western Mindanao Command (WESTMINCOM) Facebook Page (Sep 14, 2023): Communist terrorist group team leader surrenders in Bukidnon

Camp Navarro, Calarian, Zamboanga City – September 15, 2023

A team leader of the communist terrorist group operating in Northern Mindanao yielded to the military on September 13, 2023.

Alias Yugo, team leader of Squad 2, Platoon Ferrari, Sub-Regional Committee 5 of the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC), submitted himself without a firearm to the 48th Infantry Battalion, 10th Infantry Division based in Maramag Bukidnon.

The NCMRC is tagged in numerous atrocities and criminal activities in the provinces of Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Agusan del Norte, and Agusan del Sur.

Based on the initial debriefing, the former rebel surrendered due to the extreme hardships he experienced in the CTG movement brought about by the incessant decisive military operations conducted by the 103rd Infantry Brigade against his group.

The surrendered personality is now under the custody of the 48IB for custodial debriefing.

Maj. Gen. Steve Crespillo, Commander of the Western Mindanao Command, lauded the collaborative efforts of the 10th Infantry Division under the Eastern Mindanao Command and the 1st Infantry Division under the Western Mindanao Command, to defeat the NCRMC and address all security concerns in Northern Mindanao.

“We urge those who are still on the run and continuously evading our forces on the ground to follow the footsteps of their comrades who chose to walk with us on the path toward peace and development in the Mindanao region,” Maj. Gen. Crespillo added.