21 Philippine Rebels Charged in Slayings of U.S. Technicians
The military Wednesday filed murder charges against 21 Communist rebels believed responsible for the September slayings of two American civilian technicians, officials said.
The 21 rebels, who are at large, are being tracked by military agents in Pampanga province, where the U.S. Clark Air Base is located 50 miles north of Manila.
American technicians Donald Buchner, 44, of Elizabethtown, N.J., and William Thompson, 45, were killed Sept. 26 in an ambush outside the Camp O’Donnel communications station in the town of Capas. They were both employees of Ford Aerospace Corp.
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