AFP: 254 NPA members, supporters ‘neutralized’ since January 2025
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MANILA, Philippines — The number of New People’s Army (NPA) members and supporters who were “neutralized” since January this year has climbed to 254, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said this figure was monitored from January 1 to March 20.
“A total of 254 Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) members and supporters were neutralized, from which 210 surrendered, 20 were apprehended, and 24 were killed in military operations,” Padilla disclosed in a press briefing on Tuesday.
She added that the arrest resulted in the confiscation of 172 firearms and 75 anti-personal mines.
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Last March 18, Padilla called on NPA members and supporters — which the military labels as the CTG — to surrender and “take advantage of government reintegration and amnesty programs.”
The amnesty program encourages NPA members to abandon their armed struggle, knowing they will be pardoned and have all of their criminal cases dismissed. It is backed by Proclamations 403, 404, 405, and 406 issued by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in November 2024.
In December 2024, Padilla reported that the NPA had only one “weakened” guerrilla front left and was no longer capable of “staging major operations.”
Since its founding on March 29, 1969, the NPA has carried out the world’s longest-running Maoist insurgency.
