MANILA, Philippines?When Jose Rizal enrolled at the Ateneo at age 11, his brother Paciano Rizal Mercado told him to drop the surname Mercado to hide their connection with each other. Paciano was then widely known to have been a good friend of Fr. Jose Burgos, who had been executed for his alleged involvement with the Cavite Mutiny of 1872. Cyril L. Bonabente, Inquirer Research
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