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The Soldiers Who Assaulted Tve During the Coup Were Ordered to Fire "the First Shot in the Air and the Second Shot in the Air"

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The regiment of the military unit El Pardo that raided the headquarters of Spanish Television during the coup d'état of 23-F had the order to fire "the first shot in the air and the second one to give." This is revealed in a telephone conversation documented in the files declassified by the Government this Wednesday, in the document 'Telephone conversations of (allegedly) the military unit El Pardo (24 February 1981)', from the archive of the Ci…

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A declassified telephone conversation details instructions with live ammunition and the mobilization of a military unit in Prado del Rey.

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One of the soldiers confessed to a close friend that the regiment who raided the Prado del Rey facility was ordered to 'throw to kill'.

·Barcelona, Spain
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Center

The regiment of the military unit El Pardo that raided the headquarters of Spanish Television during the coup d'état of 23-F had the order to fire "the first shot in the air and the second one to give." This is revealed in a telephone conversation documented in the files declassified by the Government this Wednesday, in the document 'Telephone conversations of (allegedly) the military unit El Pardo (24 February 1981)', from the archive of the Ci…

·Madrid, Spain
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The declassified information includes the transcription of a telephone conversation in which one of the soldiers who took TVE tells a close friend, the next day, what happened Read

·Madrid, Spain
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A post-sounding telephone conversation describes the guidelines that its members received before raiding the public entity

·Granada, Spain
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In a conversation now declassified, one soldier explains that the slogan was: "The first shot in the air and the second one to be fired.With the loaders in the air and not sure or anything"The government publishes the declassified documents of the 23F: they are now available for consultation The military who took RTVE on the night of the coup d'etat of the 23F had orders to "throw to kill", according to one of the soldiers involved in the coup o…

·Spain
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Eldiario.es broke the news in Spain on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
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