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EXILE TO DAPITAN
Because of his book "El Filibusterismo" About the life and abusing of the Spaniards.
------> He was exiled to dapitan because of the confiscated reading materials. He
published books and articles in other countries that criticized the mother spain. He
dedicated his novels "El filibusterismo", and "Noli me Tangere" to the 3 priest-martyrs
named GomBurZa ( Father Gomez, Burgos, Zamora)
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for having in possession a bundle of handbills, the Pobres Frailes, in which advocacies were in
violation of the Spanish orders;
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for dedicating his novel, El Filibusterismo to the three traitors (Gomez, Burgos and Zamora) and
for emphasizing on the novel's title page that the only salvation for the Philippines was separation
from the mother country (referring to Spain); and
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for simply criticizing the religion and aiming for its exclusion from the Filipino culture.
He was a member of the committee that was tasked to smuggle arms for the Katipunan
from Japan. He was also with Bonifacio, Jacinto and Procopio Bonifacio when they
organized the Katipunan council in Cavite.
At the secret general meeting called by Bonifacio on the night of May 1, 1896 at Barrio
Ugong in Pasig, Valenzuela presented to the body a proposal to solicit contributions to
buy arms and munitions from Japan. The proposal was approved on condition that it first
be approved by Jos Rizal, who was in exile in Dapitan in Mindanao.
Valenzuela was tasked to discuss the matter with Rizal and he left for Dapitan on June
15, 1896. However, Rizal told him that the revolution should not be started until sufficient
arms had been secured and the support of the wealthy Filipinos had been won over.