[4] In 1973, he was captured by government security forces and incarcerated at Camp Vicente Lim in Laguna, but managed to escape five months later.
Rosal was assigned the task of establishing NPA forces in the Southern Tagalog and Bicol provinces during the 1970s and the 1980s.
[4] Rosal became the Communist Party of the Philippines' national spokesperson in 1994, bringing the CPP's statements into Filipino households via television and radio interviews.
[5] He was implicated by former CPP Central Committee chairman Rodolfo Salas as one of the leaders of a deadly purge of suspected spies within the rebel movement in Southern Tagalog in 1988 called "Operation Missing Link".
[7] Roger Rosal was married to Rosario; her maiden name is either Lodronio,[3] or Dumanais;[7] they have two daughters, one of which – Andrea, is the alleged secretary of the NPA sub-regional military area in the Southern Tagalog region.