The CPP officially confirmed on Thursday the deaths of its two highest leaders, Benito Tiamzon and his wife, Wilma, even as the outlawed group accused the military of allegedly holding captives, torturing and killing them, along with 10 others. Know more:
The Communist Party of the Philippines officially confirmed on Thursday the deaths of its two highest leaders, Benito Tiamzon and his wife, Wilma, even as the outlawed group accused the military of allegedly holding them captives, torturing and killing them, along with 10 others.
Valbuena said that according to the CPP’s political bureau, the Tiamzons were traveling on two separate vans along the national highway “eastwards towards Catbalogan City” on August 21, 2022, when they were apprehended by soldiers. At the time of their capture, the two “were traveling with Ka Divino [Joel Arceo], a sub-regional secretary in Eastern Visayas, along with Ka Yen, Ka Jaja, Ka Matt, Ka Ash, Ka Delfin, Ka Lupe, Ka Butig [Catbalogan 10], who all belonged to the guerrilla force of the central headquarters,” according to Valbuena.
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