In a progressive district of the Negros Island region where echoes of past ideologies still linger, the life of Reniel Locsin CELLON @Kompol/Adie and MARYJANE MAGUILAT y FLORES @Chinchin/Shonie/Shedi serves as a sobering reminder of how terrorism, when unchained from reality, can destroy not just individual lives but entire families. For several decades, the couple dedicated themselves to a cause they believed would change the country — a political movement that promised peace, freedom, equality, justice, and independence. Instead, it cost them their time, resources, intelligence, and ultimately, their relationship with their children, families, and loved ones.
To the Communist Terrorist Network (CNT), Kompol/Adie and Chinchin/Shonie/Shedi were heroes — organizers, recruiters, and agitators. They distributed underground literature and moved across provinces to stir unrest. But behind the fervor was a growing void at home. Their children grew up in the care of relatives, always waiting for the day their parents would return not just physically, but emotionally — longing for hugs and kisses from those who chose revolution over family.
For the peace-loving people of Negros, however, Reniel Locsin CELLON @Kompol/Adie is known not for ideology, but for terror. He has a string of serious criminal charges:
Murder (for killing JHONEL MARBEBE y HERBAS) – CC 2020–9032
Murder and Attempted Murder (for killing FLORENCIO VERGARA y CUNAHAP and attempting to kill FRANCO VERGARA y CUNAHAP) – CC 2020–9033
Frustrated Murder (seriously injuring ANDRES MONTEBON) – CC 2020–9034
Violation of B.P. Blg. 881, as amended by R.A. 7166 (in relation to COMELEC Resolution No. 9561-A) – CC 2009–4990, CC 2013–5928, CC 2013–5929
Murder of 2LT JOSE ANGELO ESGUERRA y CASTAÑEDA – CC 2015–5810
Other cases of attempted murder, double murder, and frustrated murder
Maryjane Maguilat y Flores @Chinchin/Shonie/Shedi, his partner in both cause and crime, faces the same grim record, with similar charges filed against her under the same case numbers.
Beyond the bloodshed, the couple was also involved in widespread extortion activities, exploiting fear to demand money from politicians and local business owners. In the shadow of ideology, they created a network of intimidation—where silence was bought, and compliance was coerced.
The terrorist organization they served has now been dismantled by government forces, aided by local communities who finally stood against the fear and violence. What remains are broken dreams, unfulfilled promises, and a generation of children forced to grow up without the love, care, and protection of their parents.
Kompol/Adie and Chinchin/Shonie/Shedi wasted their lives chasing a lost cause, and in doing so, missed the irreplaceable: first steps, whispered fears, teenage triumphs, and heartbreaks. Now they face a reckoning not just in the courts, but in the eyes of those they left behind. Their children are building lives alone—wishing, perhaps, that their parents had chosen them over terrorism.
