- Led two of the most serious and bloodiest of seven coup attempts against the Cory Aquino administration. He was arrested in December 1987 in relation to the botched coup d’etat in August that year, during which the president’s son, Benigno Aquino III, was injured and three of his security men were killed. He escaped in April 1988 with 13 of his guards from a prison ship anchored in Manila Bay. Honasan led another coup attempt in December 1989. In 1992, then president Fidel Ramos granted him amnesty.
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Led two of the most serious and bloodiest of seven coup attempts against the Cory Aquino administration. He was arrested in December 1987 in relation to the botched coup d’etat in August that year, during which the president’s son, Benigno Aquino III, was injured and three of his security men were killed. He escaped in
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Feb 7, 2025
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