In areas that the group controlled, they set up local governments (Sandatahang Tanod ng Bayan, Barrio United Defense Corps) and instituted land reforms, dividing up the largest estates equally among the peasants and often killing the landlords.
在该集团控制的地区，他们成立了地方政府——巴里奥联合防卫队（Sandatahang Tanod ng Bayan），并实行土地改革，在农民中最大化平均分配土地，经常杀死地主。