Hotel Delfino siege

Siege at Hotel Delfino
DateMarch 4, 1990
Location
Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines
17°37′00″N 121°43′00″E / 17.616667°N 121.716667°E / 17.616667; 121.716667
Result Suspended Cagayan Governor Rodolfo Aguinaldo and his forces escape into the mountains
Government-Insurgents   
 Philippine government Reform the Armed Forces Movement
Commanders and leaders
Philippines Corazon Aquino
Philippines Luis Santos (Secretary of the Interior and Local Government)
Philippines Brig Gen Oscar Florendo  †		 Rodolfo Aguinaldo
Units involved
Armed Forces of the Philippines Aguinaldo loyalists
Strength
About 1,000 soldiers[1] 200[2][3][4] - 300[1][5] followers
Casualties and losses
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[6] 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.

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