Two Red returnees yield to troops in Misamis Occidental

By Jong Cadion

Mount Malindang, The Crossroads of

Misamis Occidental

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (April 21, 2018) - Two communist terrorists laid down their arms Tuesday at 8am yesterday (April 18) in the neighboring province of Misamis Occidental.

Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom) Information Officer Capt. Jo-Ann D. Petinglay identified the Red Returnees as Reneboy Gumisid Empel and Junny Catulag Martizano, both members of the Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee, surrendered to the CSP team in Barangay Tuno, Don Victoriano Chiongbian, Misamis Occidental.

Capt. Petinglay disclosed that Empel is a member of TM Baking Squad, while Martizano is a member of TM Abe, Squad 1, both of Section Committee “JOJI” SRPC II “Monteroza.”

Map of Misamis Occidental with

Don Victoriano Chiongbian

highlighted

From January 1 to April 19, 2018, a total of 125 communist terrorists surrendered to the Joint Task Forces of Western Mindanao Command, 31 of whom yielded in ZamPeLan and 94 in Central Mindanao, Capt. Petinglay added.

Army’s Premier Tabak Division Chief Major General Roseller Murillo, the JTF ZamPeLan commander, said the returnees were brought to the headquarters of the 101^st Infantry Battalion for custodial debriefing and were initially subjected to medical examination.

“We welcome the surrender of communist terrorists in Mindanao and sustains the conduct of its focused military and intelligence operations to eliminate the remaining threats in the region,” said Major General Arnel Delavega, the General Officer-in-Charge of the Western Mindanao Command.

“I would like to acknowledge the support of the Local Chief Executives in the government’s effort to defeat the CNTs.”

“I personally believe that if the surrenders will continue, that would greatly merit the people and the country,” added MGen Delavega.