Tribute to 3 Cagayan Valley martyrs

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The revolutionary movement honored the three Red fighters and Party cadres in Cagayan Valley who were martyred on September 11 in Barangay Baliuag, Peñablanca, Cagayan. They were identified as Ariel Arbitrario (Ka Karl), Danielle Marie Pelagio (Ka Seed) and Erin Sagsagat (Ka Jorly).

Ka Karl was an NDFP consultant for peace negotiations. A native of Davao City, he served the people of Mindanao for decades before his transfer to Cagayan Valley in August 2018, where he was eventually appointed to its secretariat.

Based on preliminary information, Ka Karl is believed to have been subjected to severe torture and interrogation before finally being murdered. His remains were not released until a few days later, giving his family a hardtime retrieving it.

Ka Seed, 22, came from Manila and was a PUP student. Ka Jorly, who joined the NPA in 1980, hails from a poor peasant familiy in Zinundungan Vally in Rizal, Cagayan.

Tribute to 3 Cagayan Valley martyrs