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The Republican Corporal of Ceuta Who Devised an Attempt on Franco's Life

Summary by El Faro De Ceuta
“I swore to defend a democratic Spain and I do it because I am Spanish; the traitors to the homeland are you.” These are the last words that José Rico uttered before signing his final sentence in 1936. His life was the price to pay for trying to end the one of Francisco Franco in Ceuta. Destined in the city, the military and idealist Republican, he did not want to stand idly by on July 18 of that year. He and Pedro Twentimlas realized that in th…
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“I swore to defend a democratic Spain and I do it because I am Spanish; the traitors to the homeland are you.” These are the last words that José Rico uttered before signing his final sentence in 1936. His life was the price to pay for trying to end the one of Francisco Franco in Ceuta. Destined in the city, the military and idealist Republican, he did not want to stand idly by on July 18 of that year. He and Pedro Twentimlas realized that in th…

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El Faro de Ceuta broke the news in on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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