CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The military has offered a P5.3-million reward for information leading to the capture of the remaining top leader of the New People’s Army’s North Central Mindanao Regional Committee, who is now the subject of intensified military operations along the Bukidnon-Surigao del Sur boundary.

Lt. Col. Joe Patrick Martinez, spokesperson of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division (4ID), identified the target as regional secretary Julia “Ka Reda” Cagadas, who carries a P5.3-million bounty.

Martinez said government troops are pursuing the remaining insurgents following a series of encounters that resulted in the death of a ranking rebel leader last Sunday.

He noted that a single NPA guerrilla front usually consists of 35 to 63 armed combatants, excluding members of the Milisya ng Bayan who serve as force multipliers.

Brig. Gen. Seigfred C. Tubalado, commander of the Army’s 403rd Infantry Brigade, said military operations are focused on the remaining two leaders and 15 members of the NCMRC operating along the boundaries of Bukidnon and Agusan del Sur.