Search results
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.
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.
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]
However, the image the world associates with the attempted coup is the one of lieutenant colonel of the Guardia Civil Antonio Tejero, who led the assault of the Congress of Deputies with a...
This Spanish documentary uses the phone recordings made by one of the plotters, film footage and eyewitness testimony to reconstruct the events of 23 and 24 ...
- 40 min
- 8.8K
- Major Esterhazy
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...
People also ask
Who was Antonio Tejero Molina?
Who is Colonel Antonio Tejero?
What did Antonio Tejero do in Spain?
When did Antonio Tejero break into the Spanish Congress of Deputies?
Feb 22, 2021 · Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero, moments after breaking into the Chamber of Deputies, on the afternoon of February 23, 1981, which began a coup in Spain, with the seizure of Parliament and armed uprisings in several cities.
