Antonio Tejero
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Antonio Tejero Molina was a Spanish lieutenant colonel of the Guardia Civil. He was the most prominent figure in the failed coup d'état against the newly democratic Spanish government on 23 February 1
Antonio Tejero with a gun in his hand, breaking into the Congress of Deputies on 23 February 1981 attempting a coup.
Operation Galaxia
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Operation Galaxia was the plan which preceded the 23-F attempted coup d'état in Spain. It was named Galaxia, because the officers who took part met in Cafetería Galaxia in Madrid, on 11 November 1978.
Antonio Tejero
…rebellion, with the aggravating circumstance of recidivism; he had previously been arrested for his involvement in the failed coup attempt during Operation Galaxia in 1978. Tejero was born on 30 April 1932 in Alhaurín el Grande, province of Málaga, Spain. His parents had moved there shortly before Tejero was born…
The outside of Cafetería Galaxia