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...troopers nervously ringed a low frame house in the town of Mabalacat, 55 miles northwest of Manila. Finally, an officer arrived with a search warrant. What the Con stabulary found inside was worth waiting for: shadowy Dominador Garcia, 34, alias Commander Ely, the No. 3 man in the Hukbong Magpapalaya sa Bayan,-the backwoods Communist guerrillas known as Huks. Garcia surrendered without a fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Return of the Huks | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

...than 60 the number of mayors, village officials and ordinary law-abiding citizens who in recent months have died by the terrorist's bullet. The statistic underscores the problem that has risen to plague the seven-month-old regime of President Ferdinand Marcos: the resurgence of the Hukbong Magpapalaya sa Bayan,* the backwoods Communist guerrillas known as Huks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Hunt for the Huks | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

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