By Ronron
July 6, 2007
A suspected communist rebel who is allegedly involved in the raid of a police station in Bukidnon province in Mindanao late last month was apprehended last Wednesday by joint police and military operatives.
Maj. Rommel Sagun, spokesman of the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry Division, identified the suspect as Virgilio Elorde, alias Marvin, secretary of Section Committee 1 under Front Committee 6 of the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF).
Sagun said Elorde was apprehended at 2:30 pm last July 4 at the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in Malaybalay City where he was confined due to gunshot wounds he sustained a few days earlier.
Aside from his alleged participation in the raid of the Dangcagan Municipal Police Station in Bukidnon last June 24 that left a policeman dead, Elorde also has a standing warrant for two counts of murder, Sagun said. The latter crime was committed a few years back.
“The 4ID chief, Maj. Gen. Jose Barbieto, congratulated 403rd Infantry Brigade commander Col. Florante Martinez and 26th Infantry Battalion commander Lt. Col. Benjamin Madrigal, Jr. for the successful conduct of the operations leading to the arrest of Elorde,” said Sagun.
Sagun said Elorde is now under heavy guard by members of the Bukidnon Provincial Police Office, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), and the Philippine Army.
Some 30 suspected members of the NPA raided the Dangcagan Municipal Police Station at noon of June 24, killing SPO1 Danilo Noblefranca and carting away five M16 rifles, a caliber 45, and a 9mm handgun./DMS
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