Breakaway communist guerrillasarrested

By George Trillo

CAMP OLIVAS, Pam­panga – Police arrested two suspected extortionists identifying themselves as members of “Huk­bong Mapagpalayang Bayan (HMB), a break-away group of the New People’s Army during an entrapment operations in a restaurant in Barangay Sindalan, San Fer­nando, Pampanga last week.

Senior Supt. Jessie Cardona, Regional Mobile Group director, identified the arrested suspects as Ewilfredo Es­guerra and Junmar Dum­lao, both residents of Pampanga.

Cardona said the suspects were immediately collared by RMG3 operatives during a pay-off at the Borbon’s Restaurant in Barangay Sindalan during an entrapment operation.

Cardona said a certain Ruveneer Salon, human resource administrative officer of Central Country Estate asked assistance about the extortion threat letters of the HMB headed by a certain “R.”

The group, Cardona said, had demanded P10,000 three times from the victim that started last August 2007.