Led by Valentin de los Santos, he functioned as a cult leader.
Valentin de los Santos was a Bicolano and established Lapiang Malaya in the 1940s, building up its membership from the peasantry from Southern Luzon.
The group charged the ranks of the police and were shot at, leaving at least 33 dead and 47 wounded.
De los Santos, instead of going to jail, was sent to the National Center for Mental Health since he was thought to be insane; most reports state that he was mauled and killed while in the hospital,[3] while his supporters claim that he died peacefully past 80 years old at Nueva Vizcaya.
In 2008, Tal held a lechon festival, whose purpose was "to continuously and slowly reintegrate our brethren to the mainstream."