Lázaro Macapagal was a lieutenant colonel in the Philippine Revolution, known for being the executioner of Andrés Bonifacio and his brother Procopio Bonifacio in 1897 under the orders of the Consejo dela Guerra (Council of War) headed by Mariano Noriel.[1]
He is a direct descendant of Don Juan Macapagal, a prince and ecomendiero of Tondo, and an ancestor of Diosdado Macapagal, the 9th president of the Philippines and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the 14th President of the Philippines.[2]