Benedicto Nijaga
Francisco L. Roxas, Benedicto Nijaga and Geronimo Medina (executed 12 January 1897 in Manila, Philippines) were three of the 13 Filipinos who were executed by the Spanish at the Bagumbayan field in Manila during the Philippine Revolution.[1] [2]
Francisco L. Roxas was wrongfully implicated in the revolution and executed under false premises. Roxas had been visited by Benedicto Nijaga, an officer in the Spanish army who had transferred to the KKK. He asked for material support. Roxas not only denied this, but threatened to turn Katipunan over to the authorities. Then, Katipunan's leader, Andres Bonifacio, made a plan to prevent this. To neutralise Roxas and other ilustrados who stood against them, they created false documents to show that Roxas and other rich Filipinos supported Katipunan economically. They arranged that the police would receive these documents, and so that Roxas would be silenced. Ironically, Nijaga was one of those executed alongside Roxas. Another officer who had defected to Katipunan, Geronimo Medina, was also one of the thirteen.
The 13 Filipinos who were executed are known as the Trece Martires de Bagumbayan, and the group consisted of Numeriano Adriano, Geronimo Medina, José Dizon, Domingo T. Franco, Eustacio Mañalak, Benedicto Nijaga, Ramon Padilla, Braulio Rivera, Francisco L. Roxas, Faustino Villaruel, Moises E. Salvador, Luis Enciso Villareal and Antonio Salazar.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ Ricafort, Ronald Ladrero (26 June 2007). "Calbayog City: Benedicto Nijaga".
- ↑ "Calbayognons honor local hero as nation celebrates 115th Independence Day". 12 June 2013.
- ↑ "ExecutedToday.com » benedicto nijaga". www.executedtoday.com.
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