Bernabé Argüelles de Paz

Bernabé Argüelles de Paz (1912–1943) was an Asturian anarchist.

Bernabé Argüelles de Paz
Born1912 (1912)
Lena, Asturias, Spain
DiedMarch 24, 1943(1943-03-24) (aged 30–31)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Allegiance CNT
Service Confederal militias (1936–1937)
Spanish Republican Army (1937–1939)
Years of service1936–1939
Unit133rd Mixed Brigade
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War

Biography

Born in the Asturian town of Pola de Lena in 1912, he was a member of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT). After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the anarcho-syndicalist militias.[lower-alpha 1] Later he became part of the political commissariat of the Spanish Republican Army, serving as commissar of the 133rd Mixed Brigade.[2] At the end of the war he was detained by the nationalists, being imprisoned in the provincial prison of Huesca.

Thanks to the intervention of the Ponzán group, in mid-1940 he was able to escape from prison together with other imprisoned anarchists.[1] He managed to reach Catalonia, where he developed an intense activity underground. Argüelles was part of the Aragón-Cataluña interregional committee of the CNT.[3] On March 8, 1943, he was arrested by Francoist security forces. Tried by a court-martial, he was sentenced to death and executed by garrote on March 24, 1943, in Barcelona.[4][5]

Notes
  1. Some sources incorrectly place him as commander of the 127th Mixed Brigade.[1]

References
  1. Paz 2001, p. 61.
  2. Engel 1999, p. 116.
  3. Téllez 1992, pp. 74–75.
  4. Paz 2001, pp. 75–76.
  5. Corbalán Gil 2008, p. 146.

Bibliography
  • Corbalán Gil, Joan (2008). Justícia, no venjança: els executats pel franquisme a Barcelona (1939-1952) (in Spanish). Cossetània Edicions.
  • Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas Mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid, Almena. 84-922644-7-0.
  • Paz, Abel (2001). CNT 1939-1951. El Anarquismo contra el Estado franquista (in Spanish). Fundación de Estudios Libertarios «Anselmo Lorenzo».
  • Téllez, Antonio (1992). Sabaté. Guerrilla urbana en España (1945-1960) (in Spanish). Barcelona: Editorial Virus.
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