Soldiers recover NPA member cadaver, IEDs in overran CTG lairs

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PAGADIAN CITY (Dec.30,2020) – The operating troops of Joint Task Force (JTF) Central discovered another NPA lair, recovered another NPA member cadaver and two Improvised Explosive Devices amid intensified clearing operations in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat in the early morning of December 24, 2020, Western Mindanao Command Chief Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr. disclosed.

“While conducting a follow-up operation, our troops from the 63rd Division Reconnaissance Company discovered another NPA lair and NPA member cadaver in Barangay Namat Masla, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat,” said Lt. Gen. Vinluan, Jr.

"It can be recalled that in the afternoon of December 23, operating troops of JTF Central discovered a NPA lair yielded to the recovery of two cadavers (one female and one unidentified already in an advanced state of decomposition), numerous propaganda materials, and approximately 100 makeshift huts. May this be an eye-opener to all the remaining members of the NPA. May they realize that they are nothing else but just sacrificial lambs of the group,” Lt. Gen. Vinluan, Jr. added.

 

Meanwhile, troops of the 37th Infantry Battalion together with the 31st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team conducted clearing operations in Lumoton Range, tri-boundary of Barangays Datu Wasay and Sangay, both of Kalamansig; and Namat Masla of Palimbang, all of Sultan Kudarat. 

“Our operation resulted in the discovery of a NPA satellite lair and the recovery of two IEDs,” said Lt. Col. Allen Van Estrera, 37IB Commanding Officer.

“The EOD team facilitated the proper handling and disposal of the said IEDs,” Lt. Col. Estrera added. Troops continue to scour the area

“We will continue to conduct security operations against the weakened communist terrorist group in the area,” said Col. Eduardo Gubat, 603rd Infantry Brigade Commander.

“Examinations will be conducted on the NPA member cadaver to possibly know their identity including the two other NPA member cadavers that our operating troops recovered on December 23, 2020” said Col. Gubat.

Further, Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, JTF Central Commander also said, “With the continuous support from the communities, we will strengthen our efforts to pursue these Communist terrorists and preempt their hostile plans especially during this holiday season”.

Military offensives thwart NPA’s plenum in Sultan Kudarat

The intensified military operations of the Joint Task Force Central successfully thwarted the New People’s Army’s plenum and 52nd Founding Anniversary Celebration in Sultan Kudarat on Christmas Day, December 25, 2020, Western Mindanao Command Commander Lt. Gen. Vinluan, Jr. disclosed.

“Our troops under the JTF Central launched air and ground offensives against the Communist Terrorist Group under Emmanuel Fernandez, a.k.a. Bobo/Ampog/Aldok, Secretary and Head of the Regional Operational Command (ROC), Far South Mindanao Region in Barangay Namat Masla, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat,” Lt. Gen. Vinluan, Jr. said

JTF Central Commander Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy also said the operating troops destroyed more or less 100 makeshift huts and recovered three enemy cadavers, two high-powered firearms, two improvised explosive devices, two generators, personal belongings, and propaganda materials.

“Based on an intelligence report, 29 terrorists were killed during the operation but we are still verifying this for we only recovered three cadavers in the area,” said Maj. Gen. Uy.

“Another report stated that the group’s top officials Emmanuel Fernandez and Dennis Dolonan, a.k.a. MacMac, were also killed during our all-out offensives, but, we are yet to confirm the veracity of this report,” Maj. Gen. Uy explained.

“All I can affirm is that we were able to disrupt their assembly and their celebration of the CPP/NPA 52nd Founding Anniversary,” Maj. Gen. Uy concluded. (By JONG CADION with WestMinCom PIO PR and photos)