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Community doctor Natividad Castro designated as terrorist

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Courtesy of Karapatan" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/01/31/20230131-community-doctor-natividad-castro.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Courtesy of Karapatan</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated community physician Dr. Maria Natividad Marian Silva Castro as a terrorist.</p><p>In a resolution dated Dec. 7, 2022, the ATC said it had probable cause to designate Castro or alias Doc Naty as a &quot;terrorist individual&quot; for allegedly violating the Anti-Terrorism Act.</p><p>According to the ATC, Castro was allegedly involved in the planning, training, preparing, and facilitating the commission of terrorism and recruitment and for supposedly providing material support to terrorist organizations. </p><p>In an ANC interview on Tuesday, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency chief Ricardo De Leon said Castro held various key positions in the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People&#x27;s Army-National Democratic Front.</p><p>He said Castro was a member of the Regional White Area Committee, finance officer of the North-Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee and executive director and trustee of the Community Based Health Program, a CPP-NPA-NDF-linked organization.</p><p>&quot;As an executive director, she was active in all aspects of supporting, including training and preparation, because of the funds generated,&quot; De Leon said.</p><p>An Anti-Money Laundering Council report also showed alleged suspicious transactions on Castro&#x27;s bank account from January to November last year, he added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/18/22/doktor-na-human-rights-advocate-inaresto">Doktor na human rights advocate, inaresto ng PNP Intelligence Group</a></li></ul><p>De Castro was arrested in San Juan in February 2022 for alleged kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges. She was released a month later after a regional trial court dismissed the case.</p><p>The lawyer of Castro told ABS-CBN News the family would not issue a statement for now until the Free Legal Assistance Group is able to meet and discuss the issue.</p><p>The ATC has also designated the Al Khobar Group as a terrorist group.</p><p>The council said the group allegedly violated Section 4 of the ATA for extortion, bomb threats, arson, and bombings of public transport in Central Mindanao from January 2021 to November 2022.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/31/22/court-junks-kidnap-case-vs-community-doctor-activist">Court junks kidnap case vs community doctor-activist</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2442475" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Anti-Terrorism Council has designated community physician Dr. Maria Natividad Marian Silva Castro as a terrorist.