| Alex Boncayao Brigade | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Also known as | ABB |
| Leader | Filemon Lagman Nilo dela Cruz |
| Foundation | 1984 |
| Dissolved | 2000 |
| Split from | New People's Army |
| Country | Philippines |
| Motives | Proletarian revolution |
| Active regions | Luzon, Visayas |
| Ideology | Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Size | 500[1] |
The Alex Boncayao Brigade (abbreviated as ABB; also known as the SPARU Unit)[2] was the urban assassination unit of the New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Organized in 1984, the unit broke away from the New People's Army as a consequence of a split in ideology during the 1990s.[3][4] In 1997, the Alex Boncayao Brigade allied itself with the Revolutionary Proletarian Army, the armed wing of the Revolutionary Workers' Party.[5][6]
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- ^ Saracho, Joel (April 27, 1987). "The men they call Sparrows". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. p. 2. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
...[T]he Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB), the urban guerilla [sic] unit of the New People's Army that the military has labeled the Sparrow Unit.
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- ^ Peace Talk Philippines (November 28, 2012). "Background of the GPH and RPMP/RPA/ABB Peace Process". Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ "Alex Boncayao Brigade (ABB)". Thomson Gale. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2017.