Gen agapito bonzon biography
- Agapito Bonzon or more popularly known as Col. Yntong, was the arresting officer of Andres Bonifacio in Limbon Cavite on April 28, 1897, and.
- He ordered Col. Agapito Bonzon to arrest Andres Bonifacio as a rival and a threat, charged him with sedition and treason at a military court.
- Colonel Agapito Bonzon met with Bonifacio in Limbon and attacked him the next day.
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Is he a traitor, like most of the men behind the death of Supremo Andres Bonifacio, or a very loyal soldier to his superiors that is willing to take every bullet in the name of camaraderie and respect to his commanding officer?
You’d be the Judge.
For those who are unaware who he is, Col. Agapito Bonzon or more popularly known as Col. Yntong, was the arresting officer of Andres Bonifacio in Limbon Cavite on April 28, 1897 , and based on his reports to General Emilio Aguinaldo, he had no recourse but to fight fire with fire, as Bonifacio turned hostile towards him (and his arresting team), when the Supremo learned that he is up for an arrest because of sedition and treason.
He even called Bonifacio his brother and said that he didn’t want to hurt him but he had no choice but to retaliate. After the dust settled, Andres Bonifacio was shot (in the arm) and stabbed in the neck (some claimed that it was Col. Yntong but some also say Col. Ignacio Pawa who had a bronze statue in Cavite). The wounds received by the Katipunan’s Supreme leader made him immov
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Demythologizing Rizal
Ambeth Ocampo
30/7/89
Whether you are talking about your neighbor, your enemy, a politician or
someone who live 200 years ago, sex never fails to catch people's
interest and imagination. Despite columns I have written about
Apolinario Mabini's polio and that he died of cholera after drinking
infected gatas ng kalabaw, people still insist on the tsismis that
syphilis caused Mabini's paralysis. So many readers have asked me to
elaborate on the sex lives of former Philippine presidents or our
heroes. I am always asked if Andres Bonifacio's widow, Gregoria de
Jesus, was really raped by Colonel Agapito Bonzon when they were in
captivity, or whether it is true that General Antonio Luna's girlfriend
really was a presidential ancestor named Isidra Cojuangco. Whenever I
volunteer information, it is always seen as tsismis regardless of my
documentation. Maybe this is a way of coping, because our heroes have
been so glorified that people cannot imagine them eating, drinking,
womanizing, or ha
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Philippine Revolution
1896–1898 Philippine war of independence against the Spanish Empire
See also: Philippine Revolutionary Army
For the 1986 revolution, see People Power Revolution.
| Philippine Revolution | |
|---|---|
| Part of decolonization of Asia and Spanish–American War | |
| Clockwise from top left: Surviving Spanish troops in Barcelona after the Siege of Baler, Filipino soldiers during the near end of the Revolution, Filipino negotiators for the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, Painting of the Battle of Zapote Bridge, and the Malolos Congress | |
| Belligerents | |
1896–1897 | 1896–1897 |
1898 | 1898 |
1899 | 1899 |
| Commanders and leaders | |
| Strength | |
| 1896: 100,000[1][2]–400,000[3][4] | 1896: 12,700–17,700 [citation needed] |
| Casualties and losses | |
| ≈28,646 KIA or DOW[5] Many more lost to disease[6] | Unknown Many lost to disease[6] |
| Many Filipino civilians dead from
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