page_title: Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda
section_title: Assassination
hierarchical_section_title: Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda / Assassination
context_page_description: Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda served as the 37th Governor General of Spanish Philippines from 1717 until his death.
context_section_description: In reaction to the Archbishop's imprisonment and to the government's total disregard of the church as a sanctuary, a mob of the Archbishop's supporters stormed the Palacio de Gobernador and killed Governor Bustamante. Archbishop De la Cuesta was released from prison and appointed acting Governor-General.
caption: Hidalgo's interpretation of the assassination of Governor-General Bustamante.
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