He held Spain’s Parliament hostage for 18 hours on Feb. 23, 1981, before surrendering after it became clear that he had little support from the country’s armed forces. Antonio Tejero Molina, a pistol-toting Civil Guard officer who led an overnight takeover of the Spanish Parliament as part of an attempted coup that foundered when King Juan Carlos I of Spain came out in support of the country’s nascent democracy, di... [324 chars]
2026 Copyright © News-Matic.com. All Rights Reserved
