ILANG high value targets at high ranking CPP-NPA-NDF leaders ang sumuko kabilang ang isang NPA front secretary, at 20 cadre, habang isang kasapi ng CPP-NPA Central Committee ang nadakip sa area ng Army 4th Infantry Division, 10 Infantry Division sa Davao at Northern Luzon command.

Sa magkakahiwalay na ulat na isinumite sa AFP headquarters sa Camp Emilio Aguinaldo sa Quezon City, dalawang high-value individuals

(HVIs), isang political instructor, at anim na regular members ng Former Guerilla Front 4A (FGF 4A) ng CNTs (CPP-NPA terrorists) ang sumuko sa Agusan del Norte.

Ayon kay MGen. Romeo Brawner, pinuno ng Army 4th ID, ang dating front secretary at isang NPA Platoon commanding officer, kasama ng kanyang pitong tauhan, ay sumuko sa 3rd Infantry Battalion.

Si Khim Agad Mapoy alyas “Patrick,” front secretary ng Guerilla Front 4A (GF4A) ng North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (NCMRC) ay sumuko sa commanding officer ng 23rd Infantry Battalion na si Lt. Col. Julius Cesar T. Paulo Jr.

Kasama ni alyas “Patrick” na sumuko ang kanyang nakatatandang kapatid na si Loreto Agad Mapoy alyas “Arvin,” commanding officer ng Platoon Joker ng GF4A ng NCMRC.

“The eventual end of the Communist Terrorist Group is very near.

We must sustain our collective effort together with the civilian stakeholders and other law enforcement agencies to finally conclude the long-standing insurgency problem in Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions,” ayon kay Maj. Gen. Brawner Jr.

Habang ayon sa ulat ni Northern Luzon Command chief, Lt. Gen. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos, pitong NPA rebels na may bitbit na pitong high-powered firearms ang sumuko sa 5th Infantry Division sa Gamu, Isabela.

Pawang kasapi ng NPA’s East Front sa ilalim ng Komiteng Rehiyon Cagayan Valley (KR-CV) ang pitong sumuko dala ang limang M16 rifles, isang M653 rifle, at isang M14 rifle kaya umaabot na sa 633 with 259 firearms ang sumuko sa Hilagang Luzon mula Enero 1, 2021 hanggang nitong Biyernes, Setyembre 17.

Samantala, ayon sa ulat ni 10th ID commander, Lt. Gen. Ernesto Torres Jr., nadakip naman ang isang top leader ng Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) na kinilalang si Adelaida “Loida” Magpatok alyas “Gwen/Emyang/Kudaw/Robby,” at dating secretary ng Far South Mindanao Region, National Democratic (NDF) consultant at kasapi ng Central Committee.

Si Adelaida ay nadakip sa joint law enforcement and support operation ng 88th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Philippine National Police (PNP) Quezon, at AFP Intelligence units sa bisa ng warrant of arrest sa kasong robbery with double homicide and damage to properties.

Inihayag din ng Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) sa pamumuno ni Lt. Gen. Greg T. Almerol, dalawang high-ranking members ang nadakip at apat na iba pa ang sumuko sa Eastern Mindanao.

“An intel operation launched by the combined forces of the 58th Infantry Battalion and an AFP intelligence units led to the arrest of two leaders of North Central Mindanao Regional Committee (SRC-1, NCMRC) identified as Manuelito Satur alias Misong/Estong, Secretary and Merlyn Satur alias Maya, Deputy Secretary in Brgy. Alagatan, Gingoog City on September 16, 202,” ani Lt. Gen, Almerol. (JESSE KABEL)