From the Visayan Daily Star (Nov 26): Army
assists in arrest of massacre suspect
The police engaged the help of soldiers in the arrest of one of the suspects
in the Maguindanao Massacre Saturday in Midsayap town, North Cotabato. Negrense Col. Ademar Tomaro, 602nd Infantry Brigade commander, yesterday said
the combined teams of police personnel assigned at Midsayap and Pikit towns, and
operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, used his troops in
arresting Bong Andal, the alleged operator of the backhoe that was used in
digging the common graves for the 58 people, including 32 journalists, who were
massacred in Maguindanao on Nov. 23, 2009. Tomaro said the PNP coordinated with them in the arrest of Andal. “We only
played a supporting role, the policemen were the major participants in the
operation,” he said. The Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade, composed of four battalions, operates in
the provinces of Cotabato and Maguindanao.....
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2012/November/26/negor1.htm
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