Antonio Luna was assassinated on June 5, 1899 at Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, on orders of Emilio Aguinaldo. Although the killing was premeditated, in the subsequent show trial of the assassins they fabricated this story that the assassination was instead an act of self defense. Testimonies however provided the motive for the killing. Aguinaldo was insecure of Luna. And here again, another story was fabricated that Luna was plotting against Aguinaldo.
| MEMOIR OF PANTALEON GARCIA |
in which Garcia stated that aguinaldo gave him a verbal order to kill luna.
(Provided by Jim Richardson)
(Provided by Jim Richardson)
(Provided by Jim Richardson)
(Provided by Jim Richardson)
| LETTER OF GEN. FUNSTON |
stating that Aguinaldo admitted to Funston that he had Luna killed
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(Provided by Jarrett Robinson)
(Provided by Jarrett Robinson)
| STATEMENT OF APOLINARIO MABINI |
(From Ambeth R. Ocampo Mabini, Luna and Aguinaldo)
(From Ambeth R. Ocampo Mabini, Luna and Aguinaldo)
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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, JUNE 14 1899
LUNA WANTED INDEPENDENCE AND WAS OPPOSED TO NEGOTIATING WITH THE AMERICANS |
(The San Francisco call, June 14, 1899)
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LUNA'S PROMOTION "MERELY A BAIT TO THROW LUNA OFF HIS GUARD AND RENDER THE ASSASSINATION COMPARATIVELY EASY" |
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Cabanatuan, May 28, 1899 President Aguinaldo promotes Antonio Luna y Novicio to the rank of Teniente General in recognition of his “exceptional services to the Motherland”. Luna’s promotion would have increased his pay from 50 to 55 pesos a month (!). But he never got it. On June 5, just eight days after this telegram was sent, he was killed in Cabanatuan by Aguinaldo’s presidential guards. Source: Philippine Insurgent Records, Package 123, AGO 459971 (Microfilm Roll 170). - Jim Richardson |
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| TELEGRAM FROM AGUINALDO |
summoning him to his death.
(From Ambeth R. Ocampo / Leon Gallery The Luna Telegram)
(From Ambeth R. Ocampo / Leon Gallery The Luna Telegram) Bigger Image
| ENTRY OF AGUINALDO'S TELEGRAM IN THE TELEGRAM LOG BOOK |
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"Jim Richardson, historian of the revolutionary period, ... posting photos of the pertinent page from the telegraph operator’s message log book, taken from a microfilm of the Philippine Insurgent Records. The same message sent to Luna on June 5 is found both on the telegram and the logbook, proving, beyond reasonable doubt, that the telegram is authentic." - Ambeth R. Ocampo The Luna Telegram |
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Pangasinan, June 4, 1899: General Antonio Luna’s clerk copies a telegram received from the “Presidente [de la] Republica” into the “Entrada de Telegramas” book. The telegram as copied is partly in cipher and partly in normal Spanish. Deciphered, it reads as follows: “ Presidente Republica a Secreto. Grra, Bautista: Felipe Buencamino aun detenido sin ordenar formación causa esperando contestación a mi telegrama anterior en que le pedía base acusación. Suplico urgencia.” Source: Philippine Insurgent Records, AGO 459971, encl.43 (Microfilm Roll 170) |
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ANOTHER AGUINALDO MORO MORO THE FABRICATED SELF-DEFENSE STORY AND THE FABRICATED LUNA CONSPIRACY |
(The Madison daily leader, July 08, 1899)
| STATEMENT OF LIEUT JUAN PAZ |
Statement made and subscribed to in the handwriting of the cavalry officer, 2nd Lieut. Juan Paz, who commanded the section of the cavalry which accompanied General Luna from Bayangbang, Bautista, up to Aliaga, Nueva Ecija.
