Philippine rebel spokesman arrested in Manila hospital
In this photo taken Nov. 23, 2016, New People's Army regional rebel commander and spokesman Jaime Padilla, who uses the nom de guerre Comrade Diego, raises his clenched fist after a clandestine news conference in a encampment tucked in the harsh wilderness of the Sierra Madre mountains southeast of Manila, Philippines. Philippine military officials say Padilla has been arrested while being secretly treated for hypertension in a hospital in an upscale residential and shopping district in suburban Manila.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine military officials say a communist guerrilla leader and spokesman has been arrested while being secretly treated for high blood pressure in a hospital in an upscale residential and shopping district in suburban Manila.
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