“Based on the report from
the ground, while the combined elements of the 44th Infantry Battalion and 1st
Provincial Mobile Force Company were conducting
a joint law enforcement operation in Barangay
Mulom, Malangas, they encountered more or less ten armed men believed to be
members of the Boy Negro Criminal
Group,” said Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr., Commander of the Western Mindanao Command.
A firefight ensued which lasted for ten minutes after which the enemies withdrew bringing along their casualties with them.
According to Lt. Col. Filven Noche, Commanding Officer of the 44IB, supplemental troops were immediately deployed to reinforce the engaged troops.
“We also established blockades to contain the movements of the fleeing enemies,” Lt. Col. Noche stated.
While clearing the encounter site, troops recovered one Samsung keypad cellphone, one bonnet, six jungle hammocks, kitchen utensils, one pair of rain boots, four sacks of milled rice, two liters of cooking oil, and one poncho.
Pursuit operations are continuously being conducted to neutralize the lawless elements.
Maj. Gen. Generoso Ponio, Commander of the Joint Task Force ZamPeLan, commended the troops of the 102Bde and 44IB in particular for their gallantry and perseverance to end terrorism and criminalities in their area of operation.
Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. Vinluan, Jr. said the military will never cease to fulfill its mandated tasks despite the emerging threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Together with our
partners, we will continue to pursue the remaining enemies of the state while
we assist the government in flattening the curve of the contagion,” said Lt.
Gen. Vinluan, Jr. (By JONG CADION with reports and photos from
WestMinCom-PIO)
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