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Philippine military arrests NPA leader in the hospital | ||
2018-05-16 | ||
[Davao Today] A New People’s Army ​l​eader ​being ​treated in a hospital at Don Carlos town in Bukidnon ​was arrested ​on Saturday, the Philippine military reported. Military spokesman Ezra Balagtey identified the NPA leader as Elizalde Cañete alias Ka Jinggoy. Cañete was arrested on May 12 while he was ​recovering after being injured in a clash with soldiers in Kitaotao, Bukidnon on ​May 10. Balagtey said ​military ​and police forces served an arrest warrant against Cañete, who is facing charges of multiple murder and arson. Balagtey said Cañete was first arrested in 2010 in a clash in Montevista, Compostela Valley and was later released on bail in 2013. The ​​military reported that Cañete replaced the late Leoncio Pitao also known as Comannder Parago as leader of the Pulang Bagani Command 1 of the NPA that operates in the region between Bukidnon, Davao del Norte and the mountainous parts of Davao City.
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