BenjamĂ­n Mendoza

y Amor Flores (born 1935) - Bolivian s urrealist painter suffering from mental disorders, which 27 Novem ber 1970 he tried to kill Pope Paul VI during his stay in the Phi lippines capital, Manila. From the capital of Bolivia - La Paz, M endoza left in 1962. From temtego time until 1970, lived and worked in Argentina, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong and the Philippines November 27, 1970, at about 9:30, at the airport in Manila, dressed as a Catholic priest, BenjamĂ­n Mendoza Paul VI kordzikiem wounded in the chest , at a time when he stepped off the plane, but the wound was not severe and the pope decided to continue his apostolic journey.