THE police and the military on Tuesday announced the arrest in Cavite of a man they tagged as the highest-ranked communist guerrilla leader in the Philippines.

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced the arrest of Adelberto Silva on its Twitter account. It said police and military forces arrested Silva in Barangay Molino 5 in Bacoor City. The Armed Forces said Silva was arrested at 11:10 p.m. on Monday.

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