Government forces are now conducting hot pursuit operation against suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who snatched Mayor Dario Otaza of Loreto, Agusan del Sur and his son, Daryl, from their home in the village of Baan, Butuan City at about 6:50 p.m. Monday.

In a statement, Undersecretary Manny Bautista of the Cabinet Cluster on Security, Justice, and Peace, said “Otaza is himself a former rebel and a member of the Manobo indigenous people’s group.”

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