Overview
- He died in Madrid at age 80 on January 15, according to obituary reports.
- An Infantry officer involved in the clandestine Unión Militar Democrática, he worked to steer Spain’s Armed Forces toward democracy in the 1970s.
- He was arrested, court-martialed and expelled from the Army, receiving a four-year sentence and serving nearly two years in the Cartagena military prison.
- Excluded from the 1977 amnesty, he was rehabilitated under a 1987 measure and in 2010 received the Military and Aeronautical Merit Crosses awarded by Defence Minister Carme Chacón.
- After leaving the Army he built a notable journalism career, including directing Diario 16, later wrote for Infolibre, and served as president of the Foro Milicia y Democracia.