NPA rebel wanted for murder nabbed in NegOcc

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 15, 2021): NPA rebel wanted for murder nabbed in NegOcc (By Nanette Guadalquiver)

ARRESTED. Ruffa “Ka Reniel” Baynosa (right), a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army, wanted for murder and frustrated murder was arrested in a joint military and police operation at Hacienda Ambulog, Barangay San Fernando in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday (Jan. 14, 2021). Baynosa, 44, was one of the 20 NPA rebels who ambushed civilians onboard a utility truck at Sitio Toril, Barangay Salamanca in Toboso town on July 13, 2009, that killed three persons and injured three others. (Photo courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army)

A member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) who is wanted for murder and frustrated murder was arrested in a joint military and police operation at Hacienda Ambulog, Barangay San Fernando in Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Thursday afternoon.

The suspect, identified as Ruffa “Ka Reniel” Baynosa, 44, was one of the 20 NPA rebels who ambushed civilians onboard a utility truck at Sitio Toril, Barangay Salamanca in Toboso town on July 13, 2009, that killed three persons and injured three others.

Baynosa’s arrest came after troops of the Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion pursued members of the communist-terrorist group sighted in the area on Wednesday.

In a statement of Friday, Lt. Col. Gerard Alvaran, commanding officer of 79IB, acknowledged the efforts of the personnel of Talisay City Police Station headed by Maj. Jigger Gimeno that led to Baynosa’s arrest.

“Your Philippine Army and Philippine National Police will be unrelenting in the pursuit of peace and development for the populace of northern Negros. I encourage the public to stay vigilant and report the presence of the NPA in their area,” Alvaran said.

Baynosa has three warrants of arrest, including one for three counts of murder, one for three counts of frustrated murder, and another for a separate frustrated murder case, all issued by the late Judge Ma. Rita Bascos Sarabia, then presiding judge of Regional Trial Court Branch 58 in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

At 12:30 p.m., troops deployed to Hacienda Ambulog saw a suspicious person entering the house of villager Marilyn Dianton and held the said individual for questioning.

Later, they were able to identify her as Baynosa and the police confirmed that she has three warrants of arrest.

In the same area on Wednesday, troops of 79IB found a two-month-old baby boy in the house of Dianton left by suspected NPA rebel “Ka Jandy”, who fled with a comrade to evade the soldiers.

The infant was turned over by soldiers and policemen to the care of the City Social Welfare and Development Office.

Troops also recovered subversive documents, medical supplies, baby stuff, food items, three mobile phones, seven phone batteries, two cellular phone chargers, a power bank, and a gas stove with five butane fuel canisters.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1127526