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COTABATO CITY — Combined police and Army operatives arrested here the other day three notorious leaders of the Abu Sofia kidnap-for-ransom gang, which has links with Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadafy Janjalani.


The suspects, Alo Binago and his cousins, Khalid and Manan, also both surnamed Binago, gave themselves up after sensing that the joint police-Army team, led by Superintendent Roberto Badian of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Lt. Col. Salvador Calanoy, had surrounded their hideout in a slum area here. [DatePublished] => 2006-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258329 [Title] => 3 Pentagon KFR todas sa shootout [Summary] => CAMP CRAME – Tatlong kalalakihan na pinaniniwalaang miyembro ng Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) gang kabilang ang manugang ng lider ng grupo na si Commander Tahir Alonto ang napatay ng mga kagawad ng pulisya sa naganap na shootout sa General Santos City kamakalawa ng gabi.

Kinilala ang mga napaslang na suspek na sina: Ricky Legada, Sumanudin Tiago at Arnaiz de la Cruz, umano’y manugang ni Pentagon KFR leader Tahir Alonto.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Probinsiya [SectionUrl] => probinsiya [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254510 [Title] => Mastermind in abduction of Korean treasure-hunter arrested [Summary] => CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Government operatives arrested the other day one of the alleged masterminds in the abduction two years ago of a Korean treasure-hunter and his Filipino business partner in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.

Chief Superintendent Antonio Billiones, police director in Central Mindanao, said the suspect, Ambel Tuge, 37, voluntarily surrendered to authorities after sensing that policemen, backed by Army agents, had cordoned his hideout in Maitum, Sarangani.
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Payapang sumuko si Kumander Dido Binago, kasama ang 29 na tauhan nito sa kampo ng 7th Special Forces Battalion sa Brgy. Butril, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat dakong alas-4 ng hapon.
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Si Jae Keon Yoon ay may 146-araw na bihag ng isang paksyon ng Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang ay opisyal na ibinigay ng naturang grupo kay Palimbang Mayor Labualas Mamansual at tropa ng 6th Infantry Division ng Philippine Army bandang alas-8:10 ng umaga sa Brgy. Malisbong, Palimbang mula sa bulubunbukin ng Brgy. Lumitan, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.
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Si Jae Keon Yoon ay may 146-araw na bihag ng isang paksyon ng Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang ay opisyal na ibinigay ng naturang grupo kay Palimbang Mayor Labualas Mamansual at tropa ng 6th Infantry Division ng Philippine Army bandang alas-8:10 ng umaga sa Brgy. Malisbong, Palimbang mula sa bulubunbukin ng Brgy. Lumitan, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.
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The suspect, Ismael Binago, alias Mike and Commander Bondi, was nabbed by a joint police-military team in his hideout at Mohammad Village in Barangay Labangal.

Binago was nabbed on the strength of arrest warrants for the abduction of Korean Jae Keon Yoon, who is still in captivity, and hotel owner Carlos Belonio, who was freed last March 29.
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Col. Agustin Dema-ala, deputy commander of the 601st Army Brigade, said the abductors of Jae Keon Yoon led by Salamon Makadengdeng alias "Commander Tropical", a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) lost command leader, were sending feelers to Palimbang Mayor Labualas Mamansual to come down from the mountain along with the kidnap victim.
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COTABATO CITY — Combined police and Army operatives arrested here the other day three notorious leaders of the Abu Sofia kidnap-for-ransom gang, which has links with Abu Sayyaf chieftain Khadafy Janjalani.


The suspects, Alo Binago and his cousins, Khalid and Manan, also both surnamed Binago, gave themselves up after sensing that the joint police-Army team, led by Superintendent Roberto Badian of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Lt. Col. Salvador Calanoy, had surrounded their hideout in a slum area here. [DatePublished] => 2006-07-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 258329 [Title] => 3 Pentagon KFR todas sa shootout [Summary] => CAMP CRAME – Tatlong kalalakihan na pinaniniwalaang miyembro ng Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom (KFR) gang kabilang ang manugang ng lider ng grupo na si Commander Tahir Alonto ang napatay ng mga kagawad ng pulisya sa naganap na shootout sa General Santos City kamakalawa ng gabi.

Kinilala ang mga napaslang na suspek na sina: Ricky Legada, Sumanudin Tiago at Arnaiz de la Cruz, umano’y manugang ni Pentagon KFR leader Tahir Alonto.
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Chief Superintendent Antonio Billiones, police director in Central Mindanao, said the suspect, Ambel Tuge, 37, voluntarily surrendered to authorities after sensing that policemen, backed by Army agents, had cordoned his hideout in Maitum, Sarangani.
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Payapang sumuko si Kumander Dido Binago, kasama ang 29 na tauhan nito sa kampo ng 7th Special Forces Battalion sa Brgy. Butril, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat dakong alas-4 ng hapon.
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Si Jae Keon Yoon ay may 146-araw na bihag ng isang paksyon ng Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang ay opisyal na ibinigay ng naturang grupo kay Palimbang Mayor Labualas Mamansual at tropa ng 6th Infantry Division ng Philippine Army bandang alas-8:10 ng umaga sa Brgy. Malisbong, Palimbang mula sa bulubunbukin ng Brgy. Lumitan, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.
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Si Jae Keon Yoon ay may 146-araw na bihag ng isang paksyon ng Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang ay opisyal na ibinigay ng naturang grupo kay Palimbang Mayor Labualas Mamansual at tropa ng 6th Infantry Division ng Philippine Army bandang alas-8:10 ng umaga sa Brgy. Malisbong, Palimbang mula sa bulubunbukin ng Brgy. Lumitan, Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat.
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The suspect, Ismael Binago, alias Mike and Commander Bondi, was nabbed by a joint police-military team in his hideout at Mohammad Village in Barangay Labangal.

Binago was nabbed on the strength of arrest warrants for the abduction of Korean Jae Keon Yoon, who is still in captivity, and hotel owner Carlos Belonio, who was freed last March 29.
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Col. Agustin Dema-ala, deputy commander of the 601st Army Brigade, said the abductors of Jae Keon Yoon led by Salamon Makadengdeng alias "Commander Tropical", a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) lost command leader, were sending feelers to Palimbang Mayor Labualas Mamansual to come down from the mountain along with the kidnap victim.
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