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Today in True Crime

December 20, 1973: Luis Carrero Blanco Assassinated

Today in True Crime

Parcast

Education, True Crime, History

4.42.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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On this day in 1973, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco, the heir apparent to dictator Francisco Franco, was killed by a terrorist group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

At Barclays, we're here for the land of football.

0:06.4

We're here for the Premier League,

0:09.0

and the Barclays Women's Super League.

0:12.1

We're here for the football chance for giving more girls a chance.

0:18.0

We're here for the grassroots and all the muddy booths. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.

0:27.6

Barclays, here for the land of football. Today is Friday, December 20th, 2019.

0:37.0

On this day in 1973, Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco, the air apparent to dictator Francisco Franco, was killed by a terrorist group.

0:50.0

The assassination was the most significant act of violence against Franco's regime in nearly 35 years,

0:59.0

and it had surprising unintended consequences.

1:03.6

Welcome to today in true crime, a parcast original.

1:10.6

Today we're Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original.

1:14.0

Today we're covering the assassination of Louise Carrero Blanco.

1:19.0

Let's go back to Madrid Spain on December 20th, 1973, a little before nine in the morning. The three young men looked over their handiwork, an underground tunnel chiseled out by hand,

1:42.0

all the way across Claudio Coejo Street.

1:46.0

180 pounds of explosives stolen from a government depot laid out in a T shape. After months of careful work it was

1:57.3

finally Showtime. The young men climbed out of their tunnel and exited the basement apartment at 104 Claudio Coejo Street,

2:07.5

dressed in nondescript electricians' overalls.

2:11.0

By 9 a.m. they were in position.

2:15.0

Jose Miguel Ben-Eeran, cod name Argala, was posted on a ladder halfway up the five-story

2:22.0

building, only 24 halfway up the five-story building.

2:23.0

Only 24, Argala was the mind behind the operation.

2:28.0

25-year-old Haysu Zugara Mordi,

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