"EL KATIPUNAN ES LA LA LIGA FILIPINA. Se ha traducido Liga, asociación, por Katipunan. SU AUTOR ES DR. JOSE RIZAL"
- ANTONIO LUNA
[Archivo Del Bibliofilo Filipino IV, 199 (XIX) ec seq.]
- ANTONIO LUNA
[Archivo Del Bibliofilo Filipino IV, 199 (XIX) ec seq.]
ANTONIO LUNA: THE GREAT TRAITOR
Your Honor: Mr. Judge Advocate. Col. Don Francisco de Olive,
"...I am not a rebel or a Mason or an agitator; all the contrary, I am an informer! The Katipunan is La Liga Filipina. They have translated Liga, (association) to Katipunan. ITS FOUNDER IS DR. JOSE RIZAL...I am going to repeat: I am not a rebel, nor a filibuster nor a Mason. I SIDED WITH THE GOVERNMENT AS IT IS MY DUTY, and I DENOUNCED ALL THAT I KNEW with all the natural risk."
Sgd. ANTONIO LUNA
Manila, November 12, 1896
Manila, November 12, 1896
===Antonio Luna's November 12, 1896 testimony provided the Spanish authorities a valid, legal reason for Rizal's execution.===
NOTE: Dr. Jose Rizal's was imprisoned at Fort Santiago on November 3, 1896. His trial began on December 6, 1896. The Spanish military court found Rizal guilty "without reasonable doubt" for the crime of rebellion and formation of illegal organization. He was publicly executed by firing squad on December 30, 1896.
The captured members of Rizal's La Liga Filipina, also known as the "13 Martyrs of Bagumbayan" were executed by firing squad on January 11, 1897–-- twelve days after Dr. Rizal’s death.
The "Thirteen Martyrs" were Domingo Franco, a tobacco merchant; Numeriano Adriano, a lawyer; Moises Salvador, member of the Liga Filipina; Francisco Roxas, a businessman; Jose Dizon, a Katipunan member; Benedicto Nijaga, a second lieutenant in the Spanish army; Cristobal Medina, a corporal in the Spanish army; Antonio Salazar, a businessman; Ramon Padilla, an employee of the Manila customs house; Faustino Villaruel, a merchant from Pandacan; Braulio Rivera, a Katipunan member; Luis Enciso Villareal, member of the Liga Filipina; and Faustino Manalac.
---By Ian-James R. Andres---
Sources:
Leon Ma. Guerrero,
The First Filipino [Centennial Edition]
Guerrero Publishing, 2010. pp. 332; 343.
The First Filipino [Centennial Edition]
Guerrero Publishing, 2010. pp. 332; 343.
Jaime C. Veyra,
Document 389: Antonio Luna's Denunciation of the Katipunan
A Translation of Wenceslao R. Retana's Archivo del Biblio Filipino, op. cit., Vol IV, 199 (19) ec seq. pp. 200-206
Document 389: Antonio Luna's Denunciation of the Katipunan
A Translation of Wenceslao R. Retana's Archivo del Biblio Filipino, op. cit., Vol IV, 199 (19) ec seq. pp. 200-206
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