#OtD 2 Mar 1974 25 year old anti-Franco resistance activist Salvador Puig Antich was executed by garrote vil in the Modelo prison.

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#OtD 2 Mar 1974 25 year old anti-Franco resistance activist Salvador Puig Antich was executed by garrote vil in the Modelo prison. It took him almost 20 minutes to die. His execution became a symbol of the barbaric nature of the Francoist regime. More: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9209/execution-of-salvador-puig-antich