Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores
- Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores
Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores (born 1935[" [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,877149-1,00.html Apostle Endangered] ". "Time", December 7, 1970. Retrieved April 13, 2007] ) was a Bolivian surrealist painter who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Pope Paul VI in Manila in 1970.]Personal life
Mendoza left La Paz, Bolivia, in 1962.[ From 1962 until 1970, Mendoza lived in Argentina, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines.]Assassination attempt
On November 27, 1970, at approximately 9:30 in the morning, Mendoza, dressed as a priest, lunged at Pope Paul VI with a dagger shortly after the Pope disembarked from his chartered DC-8 jet at the airport in Manila.[Laytner, Ron. " [http://www.editinternational.com/index.php?pag=stories.php?cat=3f5121ba1d140&sub=4571fdbe7941d Pope's Secret He Held Until Death] ". www.EditInternational.com, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2007] ][ However, the Pope escaped with his life and Mendoza was subdued and arrested.][ Mendoza later went on to say, "I acted alone to save humanity from superstition."]On April 21, 1971, Mendoza was sentenced to an indefinite prison sentence.[ He was eventually released from Manila's Bilibid Prison and deported to Bolivia.]References
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