Overview

• The PSOE confirmed he died in Badajoz of stomach cancer; he had been admitted on 27 September with an infection at the city’s university hospital.
• A medical forensic doctor by training, he led the Junta de Extremadura for 12 years and was serving as second vice-president of the Senate.
• The regional government decreed three days of official mourning with flags at half-mast across public buildings.
• Leaders from multiple parties issued condolences, including Pedro Sánchez, María Guardiola, Alberto Núñez Feijóo and Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
• PSOE and regional institutions organized public tributes, and Sánchez is set to attend Monday’s funeral in Olivenza.