Exile
After the fall of Catalonia, in February 1939, he moved with the government to France, where on February 12, 1939 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, the second only of the Republican army.
After a brief stay in that country, the Service of Emigration of Spanish Republicans (SERE) paid his passage to Buenos Aires. Between 1943 and 1956 he taught as a professor at the military school of Bolivia.
Rojo has been considered one of the most prestigious military officers of the Republic, and of the war as a whole. His figure was respected even by his nationalist opponents. The most surprising homage is Franco's portrayal of him in the film Raza.
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“The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one’s country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.”
—Primo Levi (1919–1987)