Lost Command
The lost command ✏️ Glenn Junsay Pansensoy · 📁 History · ⏱️ 5 min read Shadows of Agusan: The Rise and Infamy of the Lost Command Shadows of Agusan The Rise and Infamy of the Lost Command In the sweltering heart of Mindanao’s Agusan del Sur province, where the jungle met the gold-veined ridges of Mount Diwata and the rivers ran thick with timber, a shadow force took shape in the mid-1970s. It called itself the Lost Command — a name that would soon inspire terror across the island’s rugged hinterlands. Born in 1975 under the iron-fisted rule of President Ferdinand Marcos, the group began as an off-the-books creation of Lieutenant Colonel Carlos “Laddy” Lademora, a decorated veteran of the Philippine Constabulary’s 7th Infantry Battalion. What started as a cadre of retirees and irregulars — some 275 to 400 strong — quickly morphed into something far more dangerous: a paramilitary outfit granted th...