The World - News from Oct. 5, 1988
Philippine President Corazon Aquino said the threat of another attempt to topple her government has diminished during the last month with the arrests of scores of right-wing extremists. Among the 73 rightists captured in a monthlong drive by the military capital command were Lt. Cols. Eduardo Matillano and Francisco Baula, both top aides of Gregorio (Gringo) Honasan, leader of a 1987 coup attempt that took at least 53 lives and nearly toppled the government. Honasan remains at large, but Aquino said he will be captured “in due time.”
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