CAVINTI, LAGUNA – The remains of the three (3) NPA leaders who died in the recent encounter in General Nakar last September 20 were already handed over to their respective families thru the assistance of the General Nakar, Quezon Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.
The slain top NPA leaders in Southern Tagalog region were identified as Noel MADREGALEJOS @LUIS, the Deputy Secretary for Organization and at the same time head of Sub Regional Military Area-4A and former Secretary of KLG CESAR; Misael ONGTANGCO @CUBA, Commanding Officer of the Main Regional Guerilla Unit, Regional Operational Command, Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee; and, Roger Guarde VILLAFLORES @HUMMER, Functional Staff Member of SRMA 4A (IPIRK), STRPC and former VPL, Platoon Laguna-Quezon, MRGU, ROC, STRPC.
The army together with the local government unit of General Nakar contacted the immediate families of the slain NPA top leaders regarding their fate and provided assistance in securing clearances and death certificates. Moreover, transport assistance was also extended in bringing the remains of the two NPA leaders to their respective hometowns, while the other one was given proper and decent burial in a public cemetery in the town of General Nakar with his immediate families as witnesses.
The families of the deceased rebels thanked the local government unit and the security forces for all the assistance that was provided upon them. They condemned the Communist Terrorist Group for deceiving their loved ones that led to their unfortunate fate. They also encouraged the remaining NPA rebels to return to the folds of the law and live peacefully with their families.
Brig. Gen. Cerilo C Balaoro Jr., Commander of the 202nd Infantry Brigade expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the slain communist NPA fighters. “We are saddened by this fact that more victims of CTG deception lost their lives for the futile cause of the decades-long insurgency, and worse, abandoned by their comrades.”
“This incident is an explicit manifestation that terrorists have no humanity left in them as they do not care for their comrades, and are only concerned about their self-preservation at the expense of the lives of their companion in arms”, BGen Balaoro added.
The three slain rebels were among the rebels engaged in a firefight in upland village in General Nakar on September 20. After the clash, soldiers recovered the bodies of the NPA fighters, and captured two (2) M16 rifles, one (1) M4 rifle, one (1) M203 grenade launcher and personal belongings.
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