An extremists group were involved in the 1994 Rwanda genocide in Rwanda.
Marcelo C. Blando , is a retired Philippine Brigadier General turned gentleman farmer .. Brigadier General. Brigadier General. He graduated from the Philippine Military Academy in 1960 and commanded the Philippines ' 1st Scout Ranger Regiment and the Philippine Army 's 7th Infantry -LRB- Kaugnay -RRB- Division .. Philippines. Philippines. Philippine Army. Philippine Army. Philippine Military Academy. Philippine Military Academy. 1st Scout Ranger Regiment. 1st Scout Ranger Regiment. A classic `` arms-to-farms '' story , in the late 1980s Blando was a leading figure in the Reform the Armed Forces Movement -LRB- RAM -RRB- , involved in the failed 1989 coup d'etat that almost toppled the administration of then President Corazon Aquino .. Reform the Armed Forces Movement. Reform the Armed Forces Movement. coup d'etat. coup d'etat. Corazon Aquino. Corazon Aquino. After three years of incarceration , Blando was granted amnesty by the Philippine government and officially retired from the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1991 .. Philippines. Philippines. Armed Forces of the Philippines. Armed Forces of the Philippines