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Spain. Service/ branch. Guardia Civil. Years of service. 1950–1981. Rank. Lieutenant Colonel. Antonio Tejero Molina (born 30 April 1932) is a Spanish former lieutenant colonel of the Guardia Civil, and the most prominent figure in the failed coup d'état against the newly democratic Spanish government on 23 February 1981.
Antonio Tejero Molina ( Alhaurín el Grande, 30 de abril de 1932) es un antiguo guardia civil español que alcanzó el empleo de teniente coronel. Resultó expulsado del cuerpo tras ser condenado por rebelión militar por protagonizar el fallido golpe de Estado de 1981, en concepto de autor y con circunstancia agravante de reincidencia. 3 .
The coup began on 23 February 1981 when Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero, along with 200 armed Civil Guard officers, stormed the Congress of Deputies chamber in Madrid during a vote to swear in Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo as President of the Government. The officers held the parliamentarians and ministers hostage for 18 hours, during which the King ...
- 23-24 February 1981
- Madrid and Valencia, Spain
Antonio Tejero was released on December the 3rd 1996 and is retired. Alfonso Armada was pardoned due to health issues on December the 24th 1988, after six years in prison and died in 2013. Military high ranks, among which is Security Service Coordinator, general Urrutia, inform of the details of the 23F Trial that will take place in Madrid.
Feb 20, 2021 · Antonio Tejero stormed the Spanish parliament with 200 armed guards as MPs were voting on a new government, firing assault rifles over the heads of terrified MPs in a bid to overturn the country ...
- Graham Keeley
Feb 19, 2021 · For many Spaniards, memories remain fresh of a cold February afternoon when Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero stormed parliament with around 200 Guardia Civil officers, pistol in hand.
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Feb 23, 2023 · Cordon Press. 3 / 6. Antonio Tejero grita: '¡Quieto todo el mundo!' A pesar de que los militares de mayor rango implicados en el golpe fueron los generales Jaime Milans del Bosch y Alfonso Armada, Antonio Tejero es más recordado seguramente debido a esta imagen -que, por cierto, fue la ganadora del World Press Photo de ese año.
