From the Website of AFP
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SN2 Gringo Villaruz was found at the
vicinity of Buansa, Indanan, Sulu at around 7 a.m. while SN1 Rod
Pagaling was found around the same area an hour later. The coast guard
personnel escaped from their captors after a series of encounters in
Sulu, Basilan and Bukidnon last August 18 and 19.
Story Links: https://www.afp.mil.ph/index.php/8-afp-news/330-on-rescue-of-2-abducted-coast-guard-personnel-in-sulu
The two (2) Coast Guard personnel who
were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Barangay Aliguay, Dapitan
City, Zamboanga del Norte last May 4, 2015 were successfully rescued in
Sulu by personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) today
(August 20).
Villaruz and Pagaling were abducted by
ASG with Rodolfo Buligao, barangay captain of Aliguay, last May 4.
Buligao’s body was found last August 11 in Barangay Laum Maimbung in
Maimbung, Sulu after he was mercilessly beheaded when their abductors’
demands were not met.
The AFP is continuously conducting
focused military operations which resulted to the series of encounters
with members of New People’s Army (NPA) and ASG within the past two (2)
days.
Last August 18 at around 4:14 p.m., the 1st
Special Forces Battalion, led by Captain Balatbat, encountered NPAs in
Barangay Mendiz, Pangantucan, Bukidnon which resulted to the wounding of
2LT Balangcod and PFC Rubante and recovery of an AK47.
In August 19, PFC Paquit, cousin of
Medal of Valor awardee PFC Paquit who was among the heroes of Zamboanga
Siege last 2013, was killed in action after a group of 20 ASG members
led by Radzmil Janatol encountered the Scout Ranger Company camp in
Sitio Jungle Base, Barangay Baiwas Sumisip, Basilan at around12 noon.
Also in August 19, fifteen (15) were
killed while five (5) high powered firearms, a substance believed to be
“shabu” and an improvised explosive device (IED) were recovered in Sitio
Marang, Barangay Buansa, Indanan, Sulu after more or less 200 ASGs
engaged the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion. Five (5) bodies, believed to be members of ASG, were recovered in the area.
General Hernando DCA Iriberri, Chief of
Staff AFP, reminded all our troops to make their areas of responsibility
hostile to all threat groups.
In light of the bombing in Bangkok,
Thailand last August 18 where 22 were killed in a tourist spot, Iriberri
also ordered our troops to be more vigilant in protecting the security
and safety of the communities under their areas of responsibility.
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