October 1933, when he was sentenced for four years, nine months, and eleven days in jail. His release coincided with the PKP's direction of creating a Popular Front party, to act as a united front against imperialism. In 1939, Feleo organized the United Peasant Center in Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, uniting peasants from Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, and Pampanga. Second World War By December 1941, with the Second World War looming, Feleo began organizing the peasantry of Nueva Ecija for guerrilla war. By March of the following year, he and other elements of the PKP, most notably Luis Taruc, met in Cabiao, Nueva Ecija to form the Hukbalahap, a guerrilla movement aimed at defending against the Japanese. Feleo was part of the military commissariat formed to ensure PKP control of the Huks. The Huks were successful in wresting control from the Japanese in Central Luzon, forming local government units called Barrio United Defense Corps to maintain the peace and to act as a support structure for the Huk guerrillas. By 1945, the Huks have created provisional governments in the areas they controlled, and elected Feleo as the provisional governor of Nueva Ecija. Post War and Death After the war, the KPMP and the Pampanga-based Aguman ding Maldang Talapagobra were reformed into the Pambansang Kaisahan ng mga Magbubukid. Feleo was appointed vice-president of the PKM. During this time, there was an impetus to have Feleo elected as governor of Nueva Ecija in the 1946 elections. However, there were no gubernatorial elections in 1946, and President Sergio Osmena did not appoint him as governor. Feleo also involved himself the Democratic Alliance and as a spokesperson for Huk veterans during the post-war period, in addition to his PKM duties. His activities and activism, however, earned the ire of the land-owning elite. In September 1945, his house in Nueva Ecija was reportedly raided by military police. This, and other repressive practices by both the land-owning elites and the government in Central Luzon, contributed to growing unrest. A turning point was after the 1946 elections, when six Democratic Alliance candidates, including Luis Taruc, won seats in Congress but were not allowed to sit in session. The Roxas administration decided to send the six DA candidates, along with peasant leaders such as Feleo and Mateo del Castillo to try and talk to peasant groups and pacify unrest, to little avail. Feleo claimed that civilian guards and government