 However, training manuals and other documents for militants under the Islamic State were recovered from their captured camp, indicating that the group may be trying to link up with ISIS.A regional security expert in October 2016 stated that the Mauten group was sophisticated in its use of social media and was able to attract students and teachers from the Mindanao State University in Marawi.As ISIS suffers setbacks in Syria and Iraq, experts warn that hundreds of fighters from Indonesia and Malaysia will return to look for new opportunities to take the fight elsewhere, and the Mauten group's pledge of loyalty to ISIS could serve as an incentive to join ranks with the organization.