La Modelo II (Parcel Office), Barcelona (2017). Salvador Puig Antich was executed here on 2 March 1974. His execution by garrotte, an agonising medieval method (banned in 1978), began at 9.20 am and his death was certified by a medical officer 20 minutes later.
Salvador Puig Antich, 25, was executed on 2 March 1974 by the official executioner of the High Court of Madrid, Antonio López Sierra, in the parcel office of the prison. His execution by garrotte, a medieval method that would be eradicated only four years later, took place at 9:20 in the morning, certifying his death being certified by a medical officer at 9:40.
