Far worse than his conviction to two counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan in 2011, Ruben Ecleo, a known warlord and an inveterate drug addict from the Dinagat Island in Surigao del Norte, has been found guilty without a shadow of doubt on April 2012 of parricide, of murdering his own wife, Alona Bacolod, a young nursing graduate whose body was found dumped in a ravine. Moreover, Ecleo and his private goons from the PBMA were responsible for the horrific murder of Alona’s parents and family members, as he was also responsible for the brazen extra-judicial killing of Alona’s lawyer, Atty. Arvette Sta. Ana Yongco, in 2006.
Ilan sa mga isyung kanilang nilabanan ay ang imperyalistang “globalisasyon”, ang pagpapahirap ng mga dayuhang kumpanya sa langis, ang pandarambong at pagwasak ng kalikasan dahil sa dayuhang pagmimina, at armadong interbensyon ng imperyalistang tropa ng US sa anyo ng Balikatan Exercise. ANG PASISTANG PANDARAHAS AT PAMAMASLANG NG MERSENARYONG AFP AT PNP ANG NAGREKRUT KAY JOEL SA BAGONG HUKBONG BAYAN . Hindi siya kayang patigilin ng panghaharas ng reaksyunaryong estado.