POLICEMEN arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel who participated in the attacks in Bukidnon on February 19.
Chief Supt. Catalino Rodriguez Jr., Northern Mindanao police commander, identified the suspect as Valeriano Anonsaon Jr. alias Junior. Anonsaon was arrested by a team from the Libona Municipal Police Station and the Regional Public Safety Battalion at around 10 p.m. on February 26 in Barangay Sil-ipon, Libona, Bukidnon.
Police records indicate that Anonsaon is the subject of a pending arrest warrant for attempted homicide issued by Judge Lourdes Eltanal-Ignacio of the 1st Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Bukidnon covering the towns of Talakag, Baungon and Malitbog.
“His arrest was a result of the continuous manhunt operations conducted jointly by members of the [police] and the [military] after NPA rebels harassed Del Monte and Dole plantations in Bukidnon last February 19, 2013. Two rebel suspects were arrested on this date immediately after a joint [Police]-Army follow-up operation in Barangay Kihare, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon,” Rodriguez said.
Before the arrest of Anonsaon, Rodriguez said the Libona police received information that he was last spotted in Barangay Sil-ipon where he stayed with his wife’s uncle and was recuperating from the injuries he suffered in an encounter with Army troops on February 23.
“He revealed that three more rebels were injured and three others were killed in the same reported encounter. The management of Del Monte is now coordinating with the local police in the filing of arson cases against the arrested rebel suspect,” Rodriguez said.
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