Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores

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Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores (born 1935?[1]) is 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.[1] From 1962 until 1970, Mendoza lived in Argentina, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines.[1]

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.[1] However, the Pope was only lightly stabbed[2][3] and Mendoza was subdued and arrested.[1] Later, he was tried and then sentenced to imprisonment.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Apostle Endangered". Time, December 7, 1970. Retrieved April 13, 2007
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