officials were "sabotaging the peace process". On August 24, 1946, Feleo, on his way back to Manila after a pacification sortie in Cabiao, was stopped by a large band of "armed men in fatigue uniforms" in Gapan, Nueva Ecija. Feleo was accompanied by his bodyguards and four barrio lieutenants, and he had planned to present them to the Secretary of the Interior Jose Zulueta to testify that their barrios were shelled by government forces for no reason at all, forcing them to evacuate. Feleo and the four barrio officials were taken by the men and killed. Thousands of Huk veterans and PKM members were sure that Feleo was murdered by landlords, or possibly the Roxas administration itself. As a direct result of Feleo's death, Luis Taruc issued the government an ultimatum before joining the Hukbalahp in rebellion against the government. References Filipino communists Communism in the Philippines 1896 births 1946 deaths People from Nueva Ecija