World IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : Troops Capture Renegade General
From Times staff and Wire reports
Philippine troops in a dawn raid today captured a rebel general regarded as one of the main organizers of last month’s failed coup against President Corazon Aquino, the military said. Brig. Gen. Edgardo Abenina, who had a $44,500 price on his head, is the most senior officer arrested since the rebellion was crushed. Military officials said he suffered bruises trying to escape troops who surrounded his Manila hide-out.
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