Captain Mark Anthony Tito, the spokesman for the 10th Infantry Division said the nine surrenderers gave themselves up to the soldiers, three days after the surrender of Jocy Villaruel Papasin alias Domai, the Front Secretary of the NPA’s Weakened Guerilla Front (WGF) 18.
The rebel returnees were identified as Jason Bansag Eliseo alias Rex, the husband of Papasin.
Also surrendered to the 701st IB were Gilberto Garcia Colita, the commander of the WGF 18 and his other members Richard Basug Jadan, Jhon Cloyd Flores Colita, Charlie Dave Mangasdang Pichon, David Paraiso Pichon, Mike Mangasdang Pichon, Reynaldo Paraiso Pichon, and Orlando Pandili Goles.
The rebels handed over their firearms including an M16 rifle, K3 Machine Gun, AK-47, three M16 rifles, M203 grenade launcher, Improvised Explosive Device (IED), and other war materials.
Major General Ernesto C Torres Jr, commander of the 10th ID thanked the local chief executives and communities that helped in achieving this feat. He also commended all the commanders and troops involved for their meritorious accomplishment.
“The success of our campaign can be attributed directly to the outstanding implementation of programs by the Davao Oriental Provincial Task Force in Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF – ELCAC),” Torres said.
He said guerilla fronts have been dismantled not only in Davao Oriental but in the whole 10ID area of responsibility, thus paving the way for a peaceful and developed community.
There were two Guerilla Fronts in Davao Oriental that had already been destroyed by the military for the first semester of 2021.
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