From the Visayan Daily Star (Jan 18, 2024): 2 NPA rebels killed in La Castellana (By GILBERT P. BAYORAN)
Three firearms and other personal belongings recovered by Army soldiers from the encounter site in Brgy. Sag-ang, La Castellana.* PA photo
Two suspected New People’s Army rebel remnants died in a gunbattle yesterday with Army soldiers in Hacienda Gomez, Brgy. Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental.
1Lt. Mary Liza Joy de Guzman, 62nd Infantry Battalion Civil Military Operations officer, disclosed that 62IB soldiers were responding to reports by civilians on the presence of about five remnants of the dismantled Central Negros 1 guerilla front, who were engaged in recruitment and extortion activities in the vicinity of the hacienda.
The firefight, according to de Guzman, lasted about three minutes, which resulted in the death of two rebels, whose cadavers were left behind by their fleeing comrades, some of them are believed to have been injured, as traces of bloodstains were discovered along their withdrawal route.
Aside from the two slain rebels, whose identities are yet to be established as of this time, the 62IB soldiers also recovered an AR15 assault rifle, a .45 caliber pistol, a homemade 12-gauge shotgun, assorted magazines of firearms with ammunition, two backpacks containing assorted medical paraphernalia and personal belongings, as well as subversive documents.
The encounter in La Castellana took place several days after 79IB soldiers also overran and recovered assorted firearms, following an encounter with about five remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front in Brgy. Cambayobo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
De Guzman disclosed that remnants of the dismantled Central Negros I guerilla front fled to the hinterlands of La Castellana, due to series of debacles they suffered in their previous lairs in the mountainous area of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, and Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental.
Two suspected New People’s Army rebel remnants died in a gunbattle yesterday with Army soldiers in Hacienda Gomez, Brgy. Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental.
1Lt. Mary Liza Joy de Guzman, 62nd Infantry Battalion Civil Military Operations officer, disclosed that 62IB soldiers were responding to reports by civilians on the presence of about five remnants of the dismantled Central Negros 1 guerilla front, who were engaged in recruitment and extortion activities in the vicinity of the hacienda.
The firefight, according to de Guzman, lasted about three minutes, which resulted in the death of two rebels, whose cadavers were left behind by their fleeing comrades, some of them are believed to have been injured, as traces of bloodstains were discovered along their withdrawal route.
Aside from the two slain rebels, whose identities are yet to be established as of this time, the 62IB soldiers also recovered an AR15 assault rifle, a .45 caliber pistol, a homemade 12-gauge shotgun, assorted magazines of firearms with ammunition, two backpacks containing assorted medical paraphernalia and personal belongings, as well as subversive documents.
The encounter in La Castellana took place several days after 79IB soldiers also overran and recovered assorted firearms, following an encounter with about five remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front in Brgy. Cambayobo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
De Guzman disclosed that remnants of the dismantled Central Negros I guerilla front fled to the hinterlands of La Castellana, due to series of debacles they suffered in their previous lairs in the mountainous area of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, and Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental.
https://visayandailystar.com/2-npa-rebels-killed-in-la-castellana/
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