Word: aguinaldo
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Honasan was driven directly to armed forces headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo. He calmly saluted as Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Fidel Ramos, whose loyalty to Aquino proved decisive on Aug. 28, extended a hand toward him. "We shall guarantee Honasan honorable treatment under due process of law," said Ramos. The general reported that Honasan was willing to cooperate: "He has said he will do what he can to bring ((other rebels...
...large number of the rebels had taken refuge in Camp Aguinaldo in the Makati district of Manila--including the leader of the coup attempt, "Gringo" Honasan. Under General Ramos, government troops quickly assembled at Camp Krame, directly across form the rebel holdout, in preparation for an attempt to overpower Honasan's troops...
...battle between the two bases had gone on since early morning. A friend and I drove down late in the afternoon towards the bases as the two government Tora-Tora planes bombed Camp Aguinaldo. Smoke rose up from the camp as the two planes circled overhead and then dove, dropping their bombs...
When we reached the outskirts of Camp Aguinaldo we spotted a group of government soldiers outside the gates of the camp. One Filipino informed my friend in Tagalog, the local language, that the government forces had captured some of the rebels, identified by the inverted Filipino flag on the upper arm of their uniforms...
Shortly after Honasan's flight, some 350 of his followers surrendered to government troops. That night Ramos said that five rebels had been killed and two wounded at Camp Aguinaldo, while the loyalist side had lost four, with 24 wounded. He also said that "mopping-up operations" were under way and called on Honasan to surrender...