Never mind that she departed in ignominy aboard a U.S. Air Force jet. Forget that she is under indictment for looting her country. Imelda Marcos was determined to go home like a hero. And what Imelda wants, Imelda usually gets.
When she finally landed in Manila, however, few could forget the eerily similar event that triggered Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos' fall. Commando teams fanned out around her aircraft as it taxied to the gate, just as they had when opposition leader Benigno Aquino returned from exile eight years earlier. But instead of the fatal gunshots that greeted him, well-wishers surged onto...
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