 fight because they fear them. The Guerrilla primary targets were the fascist with war crimes, traitors of the war, and bad landlord that used the power of the army and Police to oppressed without mercy the People, and of course the State Force if they have a collision with them. In some occasions they target directly them as a revenge for killing of freedom fighters Sabotages were carried out as well. One main activity and targets of the Guerrilla were the healthy landlord and rich right-wing people. Many times they kidnapped them and asked for big quantities of money, or they went directly to their homes.
After the official decision (in france) of ending Guerrilla war in all the Spanish State in Cantabria many freedom fighters leave. Others didn’t. Many of them want to stay to the victory or to the end in their Country. As Juanin said, the most loved and famous one: “I prefer to die here as a brave man, that go away and have the chance of been call a coward”. That was a example of the spirit of many of this brave men. Most of the fighters that stay were killed in action in the early years of the 50 decade as Gildo (a very brave man and good soldier) or Ayala, a communist that found the Cantabria Brigade around the Besaya Valley. Many other were take prisoners. But Juanin and Bedoya, a legendary couple of fighters remains in the mountains and valleys of our Country till they were murdered in 1957.
Juanin was killed the 24 of April in an ambush. It said as the most probably fact that a woman that have relation with him was tortured by the Guardia Civil till she give the information of when he was going to pass by that place and make able the set up of it. Bedoya managed to escape
The lonely Bedoya was shoot down in December of 1957 in the East of Cantabria, in his way to France. A reward of 500.000 pts of the time was offer for Juanin ( 3.000 thousand euros today, at that time was a fortune, the biggest reward offer in all the Spanish State) and to kill Paco Bedoya the Police (Guardia Civil) set up probably the biggest human hunt in its history. They infiltrated a spy in his family, the husband of his wife. Then he convinced him to escape from Cantabria because he offer a safe way, a powerful motorbike. But that motorbike was a motorbike of Franco’s personal guard! So interest they had to hunt him. So the police knew all the movements and the route they were going to take. They settled cover guards and patrols in every corner of the way. Then at one point members of the political police (special branch) approached them in a car. Bedoya realized that he had been betrayed and kill the driver. They went to the ground. The policemen shoot him and he answer the fire. He was bounded many times but he managed to escape 400 metres up in a small hill shooting from there. In short time dozens of guards were in the scene with dogs. But they wait to the day light to pursuit him. So fear was he. The official history is that they found him dead. The forensic analysis said that a bullet in his temple carried out in a close distance finish his life. They are two possibilities: he killed himself as before some freedom fighters did or that when badly wounded was found and then murdered him. He pas away the 2 of december of 1957. His grave isn’t in a graveyard but always had nice flowers in it.
From Franco’s dead till the end of the XX century:
Franco’s successor is Juan Carlos I King of Spain. The genocidal Dictator assigned him as Head of State after his dead, and today is still in the place. The King of Spain is nowadays a healthy millionaire with many business around the world, even in the oil trade.
Basically the Spanish State remains the same spirit that with Franco. A Spanish nationalism/imperialism that fights against the wishes of freedom and recognition of the Countries. Even more deeply is the defend and loyalty to the Capitalists ideals. And finally but no less important he keep the influence of Catholic Church (not very openly) that still received money from the State, and of course its powerful voice is listen very important 