The Integrated Civilian Home Defense Forces, also called the Civilian Home Defense Force and commonly referred to by its acronym CHDF, was an irregular paramilitary force supervised and deployed by the heads of the local government in the Philippines — provincial governors, city and municipal mayors. The CHDF was active during the 1970s, and was officially disbanded in 1986 after the People Power Revolution. However, the creation of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit in 1987 provided the opportunity for CHDF members to once again perform their former duties.
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Integrated Civilian Home Defense Forces in the context of Sag-od massacre
The Sag-od massacre, also known as the Las Navas massacre, was the mass murder of 45 men, women and children in Barrio Sag-od in Las Navas, Northern Samar, on September 15, 1981, by 18 heavily armed security men of the San Jose Timber Corp. (under the behest of Juan Ponce Enrile) who were also members of the Special Forces of the Civilian Home Defense Force (CHDF).
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