PHOTO: Official website of Cadiz City
BACOLOD CITY 鈥� Two alleged ranking officers of the New People鈥檚 Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with government troopers in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental at 1:51 a.m. Saturday, March 8.
The fatalities were identified as Nonoy Ponteras, a member of the tax implementing group 聽of the dismantled Northern Negros Front of the 聽Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor and a certain Kim of the rebel group鈥檚 technical communications group, said Col. Erwin Rommel Lamzon, 3rd Division Public Affairs Office chief.
鈥淭roopers of 79IB encountered seven members of the Communist Terrorist Group resulting in the neutralization of 2 High Ranking Regional CTG Leaders and wounding others of their cohorts during an armed encounter at Hacienda Paraiso, Brgy. Caduhaan, Cadiz City, 鈥� the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) reported in a Facebook post.
Lt. Dan Carlo Samoza, 79th IB Civil Military Operations Officer, said the alleged rebels were part of the dismantled Northern Negros Front.
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鈥淭hey may have been in the area for extortion activities for the coming 聽elections or for recruitment activities in preparation for the March 29 NPA anniversary,鈥� Samoza said