Edited sentence: A concrete example of the lack of genuine reform, especially in the agrarian sector, was the Mendiola Massacre.Being part owners of Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac, the Aquinos were held accountable for the violent dispersal of the farmers' strike, leading to the deaths of seven farmers.Later on, the Aquinos were implicated in the Hacienda Luisita Massacre in 2004.Noynoy Aquino (later President) was also severely criticized for defending the violent dispersal, saying that the soldiers had every right to violently disperse the farmers because they fired first.On 22 January 1987, during Aquino's first year as president, farmers marching on Mendiola to demand genuine agrarian reform were violently dispersed by the police.The Aquinos were also implicated in the killings of several people also involved in the case—among them union leader Ric Ramos and Tarlac city councilor Abel Ladera.Thirteen farmers were killed in that incident