‘Genuine’ warrantSermonia said the arrest warrant was “genuine” and that the criminal cases from which the 29 counts of murder stemmed should be questioned in court. The cases were said to be related to the murder of at least 67 former NPA members in Inopacan town, Leyte in September 1985. Police showed old party documents that were said to have been obtained from Salas’ house when the warrant was served. PurgeThe killings were supposedly a result of a purge in 1985 of CPP and NPA members who were suspected of being government spies. Salas was named one of the accused in the cases, along with CPP founding chair, Jose Maria Sison, and former National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief negotiator, Luis Jalandoni.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 18, 2020 20:15 UTC