Two leftist regional command leaders nabbed in N. Philippines

From the Shanghai Daily (Feb 9): Two leftist regional command leaders nabbed in N. Philippines

Two suspected high-ranking leaders of the leftist New People's Army (NPA) were arrested in separate operations in northern Philippines, military said Sunday.

Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, chief of public affairs office of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said that joint police and military elements nabbed George Geluz, also known as Ka Mario, in a checkpoint in Gumaca, Quezon shortly before noon on Saturday, while Slyvestre Layones in Naga City, Camarines Sur Sunday afternoon.

Geluz, secretary of the Bicol Regional Party Committee (BRPC), was apprehended by virtue of warrants of arrest for the crimes of robbery in band with arson and double frustrated murder issued in Camarines Norte, he said. Geluz is now detained in Gumaca Police Station.

Layones, head of the Rodante Urtal Command and Executive Committee member of the BRPC, was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest for murder issued in Legazpi City, Albay, Zagala said.

The NPA, an armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has been waging war against the government for over four decades.

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