• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
The New People’s Army (NPA) has claimed responsibility for the fatal shootings of their former comrade and an alleged military informant in Barangay Gawahon, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on July 10.
In a statement, the Roselyn Jean Pelle Command accused Jerome Seballos of being an intelligence asset of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, particularly its Intelligence Service.
They also accused Seballos of being among those allegedly responsible for the April 19 encounter in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, where 19 individuals identified as NPA members had been killed.
They further linked Seballos to the death of two NPA cadres identified as Nonoy “Ka Jojo” Ponteras and Marissa “Ka Rens” Pobresa in 2024.
Rebel spokesperson Ka Cecil Estrella said their special partisan unit recovered a caliber .45 pistol from Seballos.
The rebel group claimed that the second victim, Alex Cunanan, 59, a resident of Barangay Gawahon, had allegedly betrayed the NPA, where he used to be affiliated, by assisting military operations in E.B. Magalona.
A caliber .45 pistol and a shotgun were also seized from Cunanan, they added. | GPB
