Kalinaw News: Continuous multi-sectoral cooperation facilitates fall of Communist NPA Terrorists in Central Luzon

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 16, 2021): Continuous multi-sectoral cooperation facilitates fall of Communist NPA Terrorists in Central Luzon



Bongabon, Nueva Ecija – Komiteng Larangang Gerilya (KLG) Sierra Madre of Communist NPA Terrorists operating in the provinces of Aurora, Nueva Ecija and parts of Nueva Vizcaya was declared as disintegrated and destructed, in the span of less than two years after the fall of two other Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) in 2019 and 2020.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) scrutinized the Philippine Army’s 703rd Infantry (Agila) Brigade’s (703Bde) operational campaign and found that specific and stringent key deliverables and result areas have been achieved making it sufficient to declare on May 5, 2021 the defeat of KLG Sierra Madre. According to Brigader General Andrew Costelo, Commander, 703Bde, the accomplishment was made possible with a team of dedicated soldiers and support from the Police Regional Office 3 and other stakeholders with a mission of finally putting an end to the decades old communist menace.

Earlier, the CTG’s KLG Caraballo and Larangan Gerilya sa Patag 1 (LGP1) were decimated in 2019 and 2020 respectively through ‘whole of nation’ approach. Working closely with the local government and Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict of Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, Tarlac, Zambales, Aurora, Nueva Ecija and Alfonso Cataneda town of Nueva Vizcaya under NTF-ELCAC. Inputs and contributions from former Communist NPA rebels played a significant role in determining the parameters for a communist movement to be declared successfully defeated.

Furthermore, the 703Bde conducted redirection and reorientation of Communist Affected Mass Organizations (CAMO) in communities and a cooptation or rendering ineffective/disbandment of a CTG Front Organization. These CTG Front Organizations were appeared to be legal but provides support to KLGs in terms of recruits, logistics, finances, technical assistance and propaganda. In these communities, Communist terrorists conduct its extortion activities. In the loss of support from the communities, key leaders from KLG Caraballo and KLG Sierra Madre fell in the hands of authorities.

While there were those arrested and surrendered, some suffered an untimely death. The head of KLG Caraballo and Front Operational Command of KLG Sierra Madre, Eleuterio Agmaliw AKA Omeng was killed while resisting arrest in December 2019. Freddie Daileg AKA Poldo who was then the Deputy of the Larangan Gerilya sa Patag (LGP1) also killed during joint AFP-PNP operations in 2019. And Rommel Tucay AKA Isaac, Head of KLG Sierra Madre was killed as well after government forces on March 13, 2021.

[Kalinaw News is the official online source of information on the pursuit for peace in the Philippines This website is a property of the Civil-Military Operations Regiment, Philippine Army located at Lawton Avenue, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Contact us: kalinawnews@cmoregiment.com]

https://www.kalinawnews.com/continuous-multi-sectoral-cooperation-facilitates-fall-of-communist-npa-terrorists-in-central-luzon/