Kalinaw News: Persistent AFP and PNP Ops Led to Another Successful Seizure of CTG Anti-Tank, Anti-Personnel Mines and Several Bomb Accessories in Sorsogon

Posted to Kalinaw News (Oct 27, 2021): Persistent AFP and PNP Ops Led to Another Successful Seizure of CTG Anti-Tank, Anti-Personnel Mines and Several Bomb Accessories in Sorsogon



CAMP ELIAS ANGELES, Pili, Camarines Sur-Government troops forayed upon a bomb-making site of Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) in Barangay Dolos, Bulan, Sorsogon at around 5 o’clock in the morning, Tuesday, October 26.

Elements of 31st Infantry Battalion (31IB) received a report from the residents about the location of a bomb-making area to which the troops, together with the personnel from 22nd Infantry Battalion (2IB) and 903rd Infantry Brigade and Sorsogon Police Provincial Office, immediately verified.

Two anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mine, binocular, 53 casings of molotov bombs, 13 casings of anti-personnel mines, 2kg of bolts and nuts and 66-meter electrical wire for IED were seized from the area.

With this, Lt. Col. Marlon Mojica, Battalion Commander of 31IB, underscored that possible atrocities the CTG planned to hurl were preempted and extended his gratitude to the local populace for the timely information.

He added that the said war materiel are meant to hurt, kill, and intimidate people, especially now that there is a forthcoming election.

Col. Aldwine Almase, Brigade Commander of 903rd Brigade, on the other hand, lambasted the CTG for continuously manufacturing explosives adding that these are another concrete evidence of their violation of domestic laws, the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) as well as the human rights.

“Hindi nila kayang makipaglaban sa pwersa ng gobyerno sa patas na paraan kaya patuloy silang gumagawa at gumagamit ng mga ipinagbabawal na pampasabog na maaaring magdala ng peligro hindi lamang sa ating kasundaluhan at kapulisan kundi maging sa buhay ng mga inosenteng sibilyan. Malaki ang aming pasasalamat sa pagmamalasakit at suporta ng ating lokal na pamayanan daan upang mapigilan ang karahasan ng mga komunistang terorista at pagkakaligtas ng maraming buhay mula sa mga bombang gawa ng CTG,” Col. Almase said.

Meanwhile, Police Regional Office-5 (PRO-5) under PBGEN JONNEL C ESTOMO warned the CTG of the PNP and Army’s non-stop joint operations against them.

“Baka akala ng mga komunistang teroristang ito, nananakot lang tayo. We walk the talk that is why we have been sustaining the momentum in this fight,” PBGen. Estomo added.

The Joint Task Force (JTF) Bicolandia under MGEN HENRY A ROBINSON JR PA stressed that with the presence of security forces coupled with the vigilance of the Bicolanos, the CTG can no longer evade the authorities or even hide their war materiel.

“Having lost their mass bases, the support of the communities and more than a thousand of their comrades who already returned to the folds of the law, the CTG can no longer regain their influence. Kaya kompyansa tayong tuluyan nang mabubura ang insurhensya sa Bicol dahil ang patuloy na pagkakaisa ng pwersa ng pamahalaan, mga ahensya ng gobyerno, mga lokal na pamahalaan at ng mga mamamayan ang lalong nagpapahina sa teroristang grupong ito. Umasa po kayong hindi namin papayagang muling makapaghasik ng karahasan ang CTG dito sa Bicol,” MGen. Robinson added.

He also added that violence and terrorism has no place in the Filipino’s culture of peace and respect for human lives.

It can be recalled that just last Sunday, October 24, five CTG personalities were killed in Mandaon, Masbate after retaliating from PNP personnel who were supposed to serve arrest warrants. Several high-powered firearms and explosives were also seized.

The relentless joint operations of the Army, PNP, and other uniformed services has caused the continuing decline of CTG members and their capabilities in Sorsogon, Masbate, and the rest of Bicol Region.

JTF Bicolandia reiterated that the intensified and persistent operations of Army and PNP in Bicol continue to bring the terrorist group nearer and nearer to its narural death.

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