The partisans encountered a PSOG officer named Rico Puno and two others who served as guards. Puno, the PSOG's intelligence chief in the province faces several criminal cases against the revolutionary movement and the people in western Batangas.
Naabutan ng mga partisano sa safehouse ang isang upisyal ng PSOG na si Rico Puno at dalawang iba pa na nagsisilbing mga bantay.