Operatives of the New People’s Army-Northern Negros paralyzed two trucks of big comprador and landlord Teotimo Ballesteros in Sitio Proper, Barangay Tabun-ac, Toboso, Negros Occidental on December 14 at around 9:30 a.m.

Ballesteros is a notorious counterrevolutionary and landgrabber. Known for his notoriety, he hired armed goons and military to guard his sugarcane fields. He pays them to maintain control over the land he seized from farmers. He is known for giving very low wages and being abusive to sakadas and as such, sugarcane cutters and workers rejoiced over his punishment.