Zorro Campos Aguilar (August 7, 1942 - September 23, 1984)[1] was a Dipolog-based Filipino human rights lawyer,[2] activist, and newspaper editor best known for his work with the Free Legal Assistance Group,[3] and the Zamboanga del Norte chapter of the Coalition for Restoration of Democracy (CORD).
Zorro Aguilar
Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani, showing names from the first batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Zorro Aguilar.
He was investigating the July 1984 killing of a human rights researcher in Zamboanga del Norte when he was himself gunned down on September 23, 1984.[4][5] Aguilar was killed instantly, but fellow lawyer and politician Jacobo Amatong, who was with Aguilar when they were attacked, survived another eight hours and managed to tag their attackers as soldiers of the Marcos government before dying in the hospital.[1][4][5]
Two soldiers were eventually identified by the National Bureau of Investigation as suspects in the killing of Aguilar and Amatong, but the case faded away when the key witness was killed a year later.[1]
Educationedit
Aguilar completed his law degree, and graduated from Andres Bonifacio College. He successfully passed the Philippine Bar examination of 1975, and was admitted to the bar afterwards.
In his hometown of Dipolog, a street in Barangay Miputak from the corner of Quezon Avenue to Magsaysay Street was named Aguilar Street in his honor.
Referencesedit
^ abcd"HEROES AND MARTYRS: AGUILAR, Zorro C." Bantayog ng mga Bayani. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
^Orentlicher, Diane F. (October 1985). "Lawyers under Siege". Index on Censorship. 14 (5): 38–39. doi:10.1080/03064228508533956. ISSN 0306-4220.
^Margolick, David; Times, Special To the New York (1985-07-11). "BAR GROUP ASSAILS PHILIPPINES AS ABUSING LAWYERS (Published 1985)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. from the original on 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ abLa Viña, Tony (September 22, 2015). "Lesser known, just as heroic". Manila Standard. from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
^ ab"Judges under the gun". from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
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