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TIRED COMBATANTS. Local police and military officials pose with 12 of the 13 Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who surrendered to the Army's 34th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Barangay Salunayan, Midsayap, North Cotabato on Monday (Feb. 14, 2022). On the same day, a 14th BIFF member (inset) handed over his rifle to Mayor Ramil Dilangalen of neighboring Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao during surrender rites also inside the 34IB base. (Photo courtesy of 34IB) MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato - Tired of fighting for a futile cause, 14 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) yielded to the Army's 34th Infantry Battalion (IB) here, officials reported Tuesday. Lt. Col. Edgardo Vilchez Jr., 34IB commander, said the BIFF members surrendered to his unit in two batches on Monday. Vilchez said a BIFF field commander under the Kagui Karialan faction, identified as alias Malayo, was among those who surrendered along with his 12 followers and were accompanied by Norodin Akis
NEW LIFE. Ten of the 23 surrendering batch of combatants from the extremist Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and Dawlah Islamiya groups operating in Central Mindanao pledge their allegiance to the government during a ceremony held at the Army's 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion in Ampatuan, Maguindanao on Friday (Jan. 21, 2022). The Army's 6th Infantry Division said a total of 53 former violent extremists have yielded to their various field units this month alone.(Photo courtesy of 6ID) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Twenty-three members of the extremist Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and affiliate Dawlah Islamiya (DI) Group have surrendered due to their desire to return to the mainstream society, the Army here announced Saturday. Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, the Army's 6th Infantry Division (6ID) chief and commander of Joint Task Force Central (JTFC), said the BIFF and DI surrenderers, who were operating in the peripheries of Maguindanao and North Cotabato provinces,