Manila (AFP) - The Philippines' highest-ranking communist guerrilla leader was arrested Saturday in a "victory" for national peace and security, the armed forces chief said.
Communist Party of the Philippines chairman Benito Tiamzon and his wife, the party's secretary general Wilma Tiamzon, were arrested in a joint police and military operation, military chief of staff General Emmanuel Bautista said in a statement.
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