La Modelo II (Sala de paquetería), Barcelona. 2.3.1974, 9:20-9:40, Salvador Puig Antich, 25, was garroted here taking him 20 minutes to die.Monte Ezcaba II (Fuerte de San Cristóbal), Navarra, 22.5.1938, a massive escape from the prison at Fort San Cristóbal converted the fort and its surroundings into a great grave in which lie the bodies of 207 fugitives; 1936-1945 an indeterminate group of unregistered prisoners was shot by Falangists and about 400 prisoners who left to die of starvation.
La Modelo (Celda 443), Barcelona. 2.3.1974, Salvador Puig Antich, 25, spent his last night in cell 443.
The young anarchist militant Salvador Puig Antich, 25, spent his last night in cell 443 of the La Model prison in Barcelona. He was accused of killing the police officer Francisco Anguas Barragán, 24, on 25 September 1973 at a shooting in the staircase of a building in the Girona street, after escaping from a trap at the Funicular bar. The 4 sisters of Puig Antich are still fighting to have the case reviewed, verifying the irregularities of a process that the Franco regime used to download all its repressive anger.
