Spanish Maquis - Notable Maquis

Notable Maquis

• Benigno Andrade, also known as "Foucellas", a Galician maqui. He carried out actions against the Guardia Civil, mostly in Corunna Province. He was arrested March 9, 1952 and tortured during the following days, finally being executed in the prison of Corunna on August 7, 1952.
• Felipe Matarranz González, also known as "El Lobo", Manuel Zapico, also known as "El asturiano", Ángela Luzdivina García Fernández, Cristino García Granda, Asturian maquis.
• Joaquín Arasanz Raso, also known as "Villacampa" and "el maqui", active in Aragón.
• In Catalonia, the group of Francesc Sabaté Llopart, "El Quico", acted in cities like Barcelona. The group of Marcel·lí Massana i Balcells, together with Ramon Vila Capdevila (also known as "Caraquemada") acted principally in the Catalan counties of Berguedà, Osona and Bages, and the Barcelona Province.
• Josep Lluís i Facerias, also known as "Face", and his group concentrated on robbing banks to financially support the families of people incarcerated by the Franco government.
• Manuel Girón Bazán, also known as "Girón", maqui from León, carried out acts principally in Bierzo.
• Antonio Téllez, fought in the invasion of the Val d'Aran, and later wrote biographies of Sabaté, Facerias, and Salvador Puig Antich.
• Abel Paz, was jailed twice by the Franco government, has written several books on the Spanish Civil War.
• Eduard Pons Prades, in 1942, formed part of an anti-fascist group in France, was in the group Solidaridad Española, initiating acts of sabotage, and worked with the group Ponzán.
• La Pastora, nickname of Florencio Pla Meseguer, also known as Teresa (1917-2004), a Spanish Maquis born in Vallibona who used to disguise as a female and operated in the Maestrat area until the early 1960s.
• José Castro Veiga (1915–1965), the last guerrillero.