US EditionAntonio Tejero, Franco Loyalist and Leader of Spain's Failed 1981 Coup, Dies at 93
- Antonio Tejero, a Civil Guard officer, led a failed coup attempt on February 23, 1981, by storming Spain's parliament with armed men and holding lawmakers hostage for about 17 hours to try to prevent the democratic swearing-in of a new government.
- The coup aimed to restore dictatorship following Franco's death but was foiled after King Juan Carlos I denounced it in a televised broadcast, calling for respect of the constitution and support for the democratic government.
- Tejero was arrested, sentenced to 30 years in prison for military rebellion, served over 15 years, and remained unrepentant about his actions until his death at age 93 in Alzira, Spain.
- His coup attempt is remembered as a pivotal moment in Spain's transition to democracy and is symbolized by the bullets still lodged in the parliament chamber's ceiling.
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Antonio Tejero died at 93 years of age. He was known as a protagonist of a failed state strike after he entered Parliament with a weapon.
Antonio Tejero, Leader of Spain’s 1981 Coup Attempt, Dies at 93
Antonio Tejero, the former lieutenant colonel who led Spain’s failed 1981 coup attempt, has died at the age of 93. Tejero is best known for orchestrating the dramatic seizure of the Spanish Congress of Deputies on February 23, 1981, an event that tested Spain’s young democracy in the years following the end of Francisco Franco’s [...]
On June 3, 1982, Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero of the Civil Guard received, together with Lieutenant General Milans del Bosch, the highest penalty for the only sentence...
His name is inscribed in history not because of his acts of heroism or grandeur, but because of the infamy of his actions, of which he never regretted.Antonio Tejero died at the age of 93, one of the authors of the coup d'état of 23F. That the death of the former lieutenant colonel of the Guardia Civil Antonio Tejero Molina is news is explained only by his contumazing vocation to the coup, that on 23 February 1981 he was about to return our coun…
A television footage of the time showed Prime Minister Suarez and Deputy Prime Minister Gutierrez Mellado imperturbable while Colonel Tejero shot with his gun and other rebels...
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