Hotel Delfino siege
| Siege at Hotel Delfino | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Government-Insurgents | |||||||
| Philippine government | Reform the Armed Forces Movement | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Corazon Aquino Luis Santos (Secretary of the Interior and Local Government) Brig Gen Oscar Florendo † | Rodolfo Aguinaldo | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Armed Forces of the Philippines | Aguinaldo loyalists | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| About 1,000 soldiers | 200 – 300 followers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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14 killed (including civilians) 20 wounded | |||||||
The siege at Hotel Delfino (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Hotel Delfino, Ilocano: Sitio ti Hotel Delfino) in Tuguegarao, Cagayan in the Philippines, took place on March 4, 1990. A private army estimated at 300 men seized the hotel under the command of suspended Cagayan governor Rodolfo "Agi" Aguinaldo, a fierce critic of the administration of President Corazon Aquino and the Communist rebellion in the Philippines. The incident was an offshoot of the 1989 Philippine coup attempt that Aguinaldo publicly supported, which prompted his suspension and arrest. The standoff ended violently after several hours, leaving 14 people dead, including a general who tried to arrest him.