Événement
A team of Philippine Constabulary elements discovers MV Karagatan
5 juil. 1972 · 16.92° N, 122.46° E
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- Quand
- 5 juil. 1972
- Type
- Événement
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- 16.92° N, 122.46° E
Placé à : coordinates of the event it links, MV Karagatan incident.
Résumé
A team of Philippine Constabulary elements discovers MV Karagatan, a freighter has been grounded in the shoreline of Digoyo Point in Palanan, Isabela, which is providing supplies to the New People's Army. The outnumbered team is later involved in a three-day gunfight with the NPA in the mountains, with two Constabulary men injured and preventing the NPA from taking the ship. The operation captures several firearms and ammunition. The incident is one of the reasons of the imposition of Martial Law.
MV Karagatan incident
1972 arms trafficking incident
The July 1972 MV Karagatan incident was an unsuccessful attempt by the New People's Army — the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) — to smuggle armaments from China into the Philippines via the ship MV Karagatan.
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