Armando "Ka Sixto" Cerna Jr.:
Victim of the fascist regime's cruelty

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In matters regarding prisoners of war, the revolutionary movement and the reactionary state have diametrically opposed standards. In contrast with the national democratic movement's humane treatment of Maj. Noel Buan and P/Chief Insp. Abelardo Martin, Comrade Armando Cerna Jr. (Ka Sixto) was brutally tortured and murdered by fascist troops.

Ka Sixto was wounded and captured after a firefight. He was hit in the arm after the 5th Scout Ranger Company (SRC) and the 49th IB raided the house where Ka Sixto's unit was staying. This occurred at around 5:30 in the morning on January 29 in Sitio Mainaw, Barangay San Antonio, Victoria, Oriental Mindoro.

Upon capturing and recognizing him, 1Lt. Samuel Manzano, commander of the 5th SRC, ordered his troops not to extend medical treatment to Ka Sixto and to let him bleed to death instead. But because Ka Sixto was only wounded in the arm, the fascist troops later grew impatient and broke his neck so he would die sooner.

Thinking that Ka Sixto was dead, the soldiers stripped and hog-tied him and brought his naked body to the Victoria town square where he was exposed from morning until noon. He was still breathing when the 5th SRC brought him near a garbage dump to bury him. Before they could do so, however, members of KARAPATAN, a human rights organization, were able to claim his body.

When the organization brought Ka Sixto to a funeral home, however, the mortician refused to embalm him because he was still moving. Efforts to save his life were in vain, and the valiant fighter died. Upon his capture, Ka Sixto had clearly been rendered hors d'combat and should have enjoyed his corresponding rights under international laws of war. He was a victim of the regime's cruelty and a martyr of the revolution.

Despite this, the revolutionary movement will continue to treat Major Buan and Chief Inspector Martin well as it practices without pretense or deception its policy of humanitarian treatment of prisoners of war.

January 2000
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