Edilberto Adan Quotations

What we need now is any assistance on information gathering or intelligence gathering,

There will be casualties, ... but we will avoid any harm that may befall the hostages.

They (the kidnappers) were terrorists from the south. We have not identified their specific group . . . We have launched pursuit operations,

For every $100,000 of ransom that is given to these terrorists, that means much more capability and recruits to the movement,

very good trend in the past three weeks.

The most important thing here is that the government will stick to its policy of no ransom payments, ... There will be no negotiation or ransom with these kidnappers. By doing that we believe we will stop their motivation from some groups there in the south to do the same thing.

The strategy is to apply military pressure and at the same time talk to them and communicate,

We hope that in the next few hours, or thereabouts, we will get more concrete information about these hostages,

This conflict could not be sustained by bandit groups of armed men without logistics support,

All have been accounted for ... No gun battle took place,