Friday, July 18, 2014

Military confirms death of top NPA leader in Agusan Del Sur

From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 18): Military confirms death of top NPA leader in Agusan Del Sur
 
CAMP EVANGLISTA, Cagayan De Oro City –- The military on Friday confirmed the death of a ranking commander of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Agusan Del Sur. Army Maj. Christian Uy, spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry Division, identified the slain NPA commander as Joseph Tajora Cainong, a.k.a. “Ka Malik,” “Alas,” the Secretary of Guerilla Front 8, North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee.

Cainong was among the 12 NPA guerillas killed in a firefight with tribal warriors during a failed attack on Indigenous People’s Community led by Datu Calpit in Barangay Sta. Irene, Prosperidad, Agusan Del Sur last Tuesday morning.

Four IP warriors were killed while Datu Calpit was wounded during the two-hour firefight in the vicinity of Datu Calpit residence, Uy said.

He said that the relatives and other civilians in the area, including the former NPA guerillas who already returned to the mainstream society, identified Cainong.

Responding military and the police recovered eight high powered firearms and the bodies of the casualties at the scene, Uy added.

He said that Cainong and his composite group of the Guerilla Front 8 operates in the central part of Agusan Del Sur. The nearby unit of the NPA’s Guerilla Front 21B operates in the Northern Part of Agusan Del Sur.

With the death of Cainong, both NPA units became deadwoods because Julieto Canoy a.k.a “Ka Bom,” who led the Guerilla Front 21B, was captured in 2011.

Uy said that the other NPA guerrilla fronts: GF 34 (West) and GF 14 (South) have lost a number of combatants following the surrender of their comrades who responded to the government’s sustained “Pagbabalik Loob” campaign in Northern Mindanao.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=663934

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