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The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). The city, besieged from October 1936, fell to the Nationalist armies on 28 March 1939.
Thomas was scheduled to be paroled on September 30, 2017, but was denied release after he failed to find an approved place to live. [22] He was released from prison on March 29, 2019. [7] [23] As of June 30, 2019, Thomas lives at Wayside Cross Ministries at 215 E. New York St. in Aurora, Illinois.
Anselmo Gil Burgos, head of so-called Checa de Fuencarral, was first sentenced to death and had the sentence lowered to 30 years in prison. He was conditionally released in 1944. [137] The fate of some individuals is unknown. [138] After the war, the Spanish Ministerio Fiscal launched massive investigation into the Republican repression nationwide.
In September 2010, the Argentine justice reopened a probe into crimes committed during the Spanish Civil War and during Franco's reign. [88] Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, [89] the Council of Europe [90] and United Nations have asked the Spanish government to investigate the crimes of Franco's reign. [91]
81 republican prisoners of the Estella prison were killed extrajudicially in 7 mass-executions. [84] Plaza de Colón bombing: October 1936 Madrid: 16 Nationalists 16 people dead and 60 wounded in Nationalist air raid against Madrid. Six bombs detonated in the Plaza de Colón, in the middle of the city. One bomb fell into a queue of women ...
War broke out in Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, after Hamas fighters rampaged across southern Israel, killed 1,200 Israelis and took hundreds hostage, also committing multiple war crimes and crimes against ...
A similar dramatic success for the Nationalists occurred on 17 October, when troops coming from Galicia relieved the besieged town of Oviedo, in Northern Spain. [251] [252] In October, the Francoist troops launched a major offensive toward Madrid, [253] reaching it in early November and launching a major assault on the city on 8 November. [254]
A Spanish court has ordered eight month prison sentences for three men who made racist remarks and gestures toward Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. at a La Liga match.