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Antonio Tejero, the lieutenant colonel who starred in the attempted coup d'état of the 23-F, died at the age of 93

The announcement of his death coincides with the publication of declassified documents of the failed coup.

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23 FEBRERO 1981 - MADRID, ESPAÑA: El teniente coronel de la Guardia Civil, Antonio Tejero, accede al Congreso de los Diputados durante la segunda votación de investidura de Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo como presidente del Gobierno.



Europa Press / Europa Press

23/2/1981

Stock image. Photo: EFE

Former Civil Guard colonel Antonio Tejero died on Wednesday at the age of 93, the protagonist of the attempted coup d'état of the 23-F, as confirmed to EFE by the law firm representing his family.

Tejero's death comes after the 45th anniversary of the O23 and on the same day that the government declassified documents related to the coup d'état of 23 February 1981.

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