The Regional Trial Court Branch 266 in Taguig City on June 21, 2022 meted out CPP-NPA leader Concha Araneta life imprisonment for the murder ofMetudio Inesa in Barangay Panipiason, Madalag, Aklan on September 17, 1975. (Contributed photo) MANILA - Justice is not elusive after all for a family who lost a loved one, slain before their eyes by New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas in Aklan 47 years ago. Metudio Inesa was killed by a group of NPA rebels under Concha Araneta in Barangay Panipiason, Madalag, Aklan on the evening of September 17, 1975, after the victim was seen by NPA spies to have welcomed Philippine Constabulary personnel at his house and provided temporary resting place and drinking water. The Regional Trial Court Branch 266 in Taguig City found Araneta alias Maria Concepcion Araneta, Chacon, Jojo, Etang, who remains scot-free, guilty of murder and meted out life imprisonment or reclusion perpetua. In the court decision signed by Presiding Judge Marivic C. Titor on June 2
CONVICTED. Concha Araneta, deputy secretary of Komiteng Rehiyon Panay of the Communist Party of the Philippines of the Communist Party of the Philippines New People's Army National Democratic Front, was found guilty of murder committed in 1975. Capt. Kim Apitong, officer-in-charge of the 3rd Division Public Affairs Office of the 3rd Infantry Division, said on Thursday (June 30, 2022) that anyone with knowledge of her whereabouts may inform authorities for her to be placed behind bars.(PNA contributed photo) ILOILO CITY - The conviction of a high-ranking Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) official for murder shows the "true color" of its leaders, the military said on Thursday. A Taguig City Court sentenced Concha Araneta alias Maria Concepcion Araneta/Chacon/Jojo/Etang to reclusion perpetua for the death of Metodio Inisa on the night of September 18, 1975 in Sitio Agbanuod, Barangay Panipiason, Madalag, Aklan. T
SEIZED. Some of the recovered firearms in various operations conducted by government troops against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front. On June 21, 2022, a high-ranking official of the communist terrorist group Concha Araneta was convicted of murder by Taguig City Court Branch 266.(PNA file photo by Iloilo Police Provincial Office) ILOILO CITY - A high-ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) was convicted of murder perpetrated over four decades ago. A Taguig City Court found Concha Araneta alias Maria Concepcion Araneta/Chacon/Jojo/Etang guilty for the death of Metodio Inisa on the night of September 18, 1975 in Sitio Agbanuod, Barangay Panipiason, Madalag, Aklan. Araneta is the Deputy Secretary of the Regional Party Committee in Panay of the CPP NPA NDF, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs Office officer-in-charge Capt. Kim Apitong told the Philippine N