A Philippine Marine photo shows arrested Abu Sayyaf militant Marcial Jabarot who was implicated in the kidnapping of a television presenter Ces Drilon in the southern island of Sulu.SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Oct. 12, 2008) – Philippine soldiers arrested an Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in the kidnapping of a television presenter in the southern island of Sulu, officials said.
Officials said soldiers arrested Marcial Jabarot alias Abu Cesar, after an operation in Jolo town before midnight Saturday.
Jabarot was one of four militants who escaped a police operation Saturday in Jolo town. Three of his companions were also captured late Friday afternoon after a firefight with police commandos that killed one Abu Sayyaf member, Adjili Sakilan.
“Our troops have been relentless in carrying out operations to seize the remaining outlaws. The government forces will continue to keep a close watch on other kidnappers on the loose,” said Marines Maj. Gen. Juancho Sabban, commander of military forces on the island.
Police foiled an Abu Sayyaf attempt to kidnap a grocery store owner in Jolo on Friday. But four militants managed to escape during the clash until soldiers captured Jabarot.
The militants were on a jeep and waiting for their victim when they noticed the presence of policemen and opened fire on them, sparking a firefight that left one gunman dead, said Senior Superintendent Julasirim Kasim, Sulu police chief.
Kasim said the captured militants were behind the kidnappings in June of an ABS-CBN television presenter Ces Drilon and her cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angelo Valderama, including a Muslim university professor Octavio Dinampo, in Sulu's Maimbung town. They were freed a week later in exchange for a huge ransom.
Another Abu Sayyaf faction is holding two aid workers Esperancita Hupida and Millet Mendoza it kidnapped in Tipo-Tipo town in Basilan province last month. (Mindanao Examiner)
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