Word: hukbalahap
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...period of national mourning was declared, Filipino planes and government troops combed the mountains in search of the slayers. From his hideout, Huk Leader Luis Taruc issued a statement which would scarcely comfort or reassure the bereaved islanders. If, he said, his own investigation revealed "a breach of Hukbalahap iron discipline," punishment of the guilty party would be carried out swiftly...
Since war's end fierce Hukbalahap gangs have tried, with the same guerrilla tactics they used against the Japs, to enforce ex-President Osmena's decree dividing crops 60-40 in favor of the peasant. But new President Manuel Roxas refused to com promise with revolt. He sent in 5,000 military police, who soon had the "Huks" under control...
...most of central Luzon, stronghold of the leftist Hukbalahap, expected violence failed to materialize. Schoolteachers showed unarmed voters how-to mark their secret ballots...