BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) has admitted killing a farmer for being an alleged government intelligence asset in Negros Occidental.
A POLICE officer points to a slug of a firearm used in the killing of a farmer in Barangay Cambayobo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, June 11. (Photo courtesy of Calatrava Municipal Police Station)
In a statement released over the weekend, the Roselyn Jean Pelle Command (RJPC)-NPA said they gunned down Jomarie Nabeses, 41, of Barangay Cambayobo, Calatrava town on June 10.
They said the victim was responsible for the raid of an NPA unit in Barangay Cambayobo in 2010 that killed a member.
Nabeses was also accused of giving information to the military about the whereabouts of an NPA leader and his companions that led to their arrest early this year.
According to the police, the victim was working in his rice field when he was shot by unidentified armed persons.
Police recovered from the crime scene a dud bullet of .45 caliber, a fired cartridge of .45 caliber, and three fired cartridges of 5.56 mm.
Early this month, the Mount Cansermon Command-NPA also claimed the killing of 36-year-old Michael Soledad in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental.
Investigation said the victim was having a drinking session with some friends when two men arrived and shot him twice.
Ka Dionesio Magbuelas, spokesperson of the Mount Cansermon Command, said that Soledad is an intelligence asset of the 94th IB and participated in a raid in Sitio Canagbaan, Barangay Carabalan on March 1 that killed their four comrades.
Soledad was killed a week after the group owned up to the killing of another alleged intelligence military asset in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City on May 25.