ILOILO CITY—Church and human rights groups are calling for justice for murdered lay minister in Negros Oriental province, who was first red-tagged and listed as among the targets of a group of murderers supporting the government’s counterinsurgency campaign.
Briccio “Brix” Nuevo Jr. was the latest victim among those on a list of residents of Guihulngan City who had been tagged by the anticommunist vigilante group “Kagubak” as supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, New People’s Army (NPA).
Kagubak stands for “Kawsa Guihulnganon Batok Komunista” (Concerned Guihulnganons against Communists).”
A motorcycle-riding gunman shot Nuevo last May 4…
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