CAFGU Active Auxiliary members Carl Mark Nucos (left) and Rene Doller are freed by the New People's Army on Friday, Mar. 24 in Barangay Don Salvador Lopez Sr., in Mati City. The two were taken by the NPAs as their "prisoners of war" on February 14, 2017 in Lupon, Davao Oriental. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Nine days prior to the resumption of the formal peace talks set between the government and communists come April, the New People's Army freed two members of the Civilians Auxiliary Force and Geographical Unit in a village here on Friday afternoon.