COLUMBIO, Sultan Kudarat -- Two communists, including a rebel sub-commander, surrendered to police authorities here following a week-long negotiation, police said.
Chief Inspector Aldrin Gonzales, speaking for police in Central Mindanao region, said Beong “Ka Tukay” Dalumatan, 45, and his brother Ruben, 41, both members of the New People’s Army Guerilla Front 72 Far South Mindanao Region, surrendered on Friday to Columbio municipal police office.
Gonzales said the two have standing warrants of arrest for murder and robbery.
The two, Gonzales said, were from Sitio Mauno, Barangay Maligaya, Columbio, and turned over one M-14 rifle, two cal. 357 pistols, an M-30 Garand rifle, and ammunition.
They are now housed at the Columbio police station while police officials are studying whether they will qualify for the government amnesty program. (PNA/Photo by Google Maps)
