Castuera III, Badajoz, 4.1939-3.1940. hundreds of prisoners were eliminated in the countryside or "walked" and shot by Falangist groups of the area. Jose González Barrero, mayor of Zafra, disappeared between 26 and 29 of April of 1939.Palacio de Congresos (Plaza de Toros), Badajoz, 14.8.1936, thousands were arrested at the town's bullring, where either they were executed, or they waited until they were executed in the cemetery wall. In 2006 the bullring was demolished.
Castuera II, Badajoz, 4.1939-3.1940, the Gamonita mine and other mines around the concentration camp contain hundreds of disappeared.
It is believed that the Gamonita mine and other mines around the Castuera concentration camp contain hundreds of disappeared. According to testimonies of prisoners, the "cuerda india" was practised, which consisted in throwing prisoners bound by the waist into the abyss and finishing them off with hand grenades, thus forging the image of the camp as an extermination centre.
