Philippines: Three Informants Executed by the Guerrilla

On June 23, two people – identified under the pseudonyms “Palay”, 56, and “Putot”, 41, owner of a restaurant – were executed in the municipality of San Isidro. On Thursday, June 26, a third person, identified under his pseudonym “Isagani”, was killed with automatic pistol in the municipality of Bandila (photo). These two municipalities are located in the Toboso region, in the Western Negros. The Maoist guerrillas claimed these executions by explaining that the three men were informants of the army. The struggle has been intesified lately and informants are very present.