Ninoy Aquino died almost 39 years ago in the Philippines. Aquino was elected to the Philippine Senate in 1967 and shortly thereafter began speaking out against Marcos’s authoritarian rule. He was imprisoned on trumped-up charges shortly after Marcos’s 1972 declaration of martial law.
Ninoy Aquino Death Reason
Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr was assassinated on August 21, 1983. His death is linked to being one of the fiercest opponents of then-president Ferdinand Marcos. Aquino was regarded as a contributing factor in the transformation of the small opposition during Martial Law.
What happened to Ninoy?
In 1980, he suffered a heart attack in prison and was allowed to leave the country two months later by Marcos’s wife, Imelda. He spent the next three years in exile near Boston before deciding to return to the Philippines.