
The neutralized Communist NPA Terrorist (CNT) top leader was identified as Manuel G. Magante alias Jino/Saldo, Finance Officer of the Regional Operations Command and at the same time the Head of Intelligence Special Operations Group of the Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC).
In a report that reached Eastern Mindanao Command, Magante was killed when he resisted and fought with the AFP-PNP Inter-Agency Team who were about to serve Warrants of Arrest against him for the crimes of Robbery with Homicide (CC Nr. 5762) and Robbery (CC Nr. 5718) issued by Executive Judge Hilarion P. Clapis Jr. of the 11th Judicial Region, Branch 3 of Nabuturan, Davao de Oro.

Accordingly, Magante was also involved in numerous violent atrocities targeting military personnel and civilians, to wit: Murder of Datu Ruben Labawan in 2015; Abduction of Jail Warden Coquilla of Compostela in 2015; Abduction and murder of Loreto, Agusan del Sur Mayor Dario O. Otaza and his son Darryl O. Otaza in Butuan City last 2015; Disarming of the Peace & Order personnel of Brgy. Mahungcog, Magpet in 2016; and Burning of Construction Company heavy equipment in Brgy. Callawa, Davao City in 2018.
Source: Public Information Office, Eastern Mindanao Command, AFP
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