Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores

Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores (born 1935?[1]) is a Bolivian surrealist painter who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Pope Paul VI in Manila in 1970.

Personal life

Mendoza left La Paz, Bolivia, in 1962.[1] From 1962 until 1970, Mendoza lived in Argentina, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines.[1]

Assassination attempt

On November 27, 1970, at approximately 9:30 in the morning, Mendoza, dressed as a priest, lunged at Pope Paul VI with a dagger shortly after the Pope disembarked from his chartered DC-8 jet at the airport in Manila.[1] However, the Pope was only lightly stabbed[2][3] and Mendoza was subdued and arrested.[1] Later, he was tried and then sentenced to imprisonment.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Apostle Endangered". Time, December 7, 1970. Retrieved April 13, 2007
  2. ↑ "On this day: November 27". KCCI-TV News. November 27, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pope Paul VI Beatified as 'Great Helmsman' of Vatican II". Catholic New York. October 20, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
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