NPA Guerrilla captured in Ifugao firefight

From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 6): NPA Guerrilla captured in Ifugao firefight

CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela -- A suspected New People’s Army rebel was captured by the Army’s 54th Infantry Battalion soldiers and villagers after a gunbattle in Barangay Damag, Aguinaldo, Ifugao on June 5 at 5:30 in the afternoon, the military said.

Captured was Jonathan Cudal, an alleged communist guerrilla, who was caught while reportedly fleeing from an Army-rebel skirmish.

He was brought to a medical official for checkup and later to the Aguinaldo police for custody.

Prior to Cudal’s arrest, Army soldiers were tipped off that suspected armed rebels were scouring Damag village, according to Lt. Col. Eddie Pilapil, 54th Infantry Battalion commander.

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