By DPAO, 8ID PA
June 22, 2015
CAMP VICENTE LUKBAN, Catbalogan City – Troops under
801st Infantry Brigade and personnel from PNP Sta. Rita, Samar Municipal Police
Station captured a high ranking NPA leader operating in Samar at Barangay
Magsaysay, Sta. Rita, Samar at around 11:58 P.M. of June 21, 2015.
Based on a report from Colonel Leoncio A. Cirunay, Commander
801st Brigade, a concerned civilian reported about a suspicious person roaming
around their community. Acting on the information, Cirunay immediately ordered
an entrapment operation which resulted to the apprehension of a certain Erwin
C. Lagucay alias Eman who was found out to be the NPA Commanding Officer of
Sentro de Gravidad “Botchoy” and Head, Organizing Department of Jorge Bolito
Command during the time of his arrest. The rebel yielded a cellular phone, one
hand grenade, one blasting cap, two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and
bladed weapons.
The subject during an interview admitted that he was
involved in the 2010 raid at Cancaiyas detachment and the ambush of PNP
personnel at Barangay Binanalan, Sta. Rita, Samar
in 2005. Lagucay is now under the custody of PNP Sta. Rita for proper
disposition and filling of appropriate charges.
The discovery of IEDs in Lagucay’s is significant as it is a
proof of the continuous violation of Comprehensive Agreement on the Respect for
Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL), an agreement
between the government and the National Democratic Front which represented the
New People’s Army and the Communist Party of the Philippines where use of
landmines is prohibited. It was an upfront of their disregard to human life as
well as of international humanitarian law.
Col. Cirunay lauded the success of the entrapment operation
conducted with the PNP and bowed to continue their effort in going after the
NPAs in his unit’s area of operation. He said that with the arrest of the NPA
leader and the seizure of IEDs, the people in Samar
will be spared from becoming possible casualties of the seized IED. He also
acknowledged the civilian who tipped the information and call on the people to
report NPA activities in their communities so that the rebel group’s inhumane
acts can be prevented.
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