Spanish local authorities hold commemorations for victims of Francoist repression

Local authorities in Spain are conducting ceremonies to honor individuals targeted by the Franco regime. In Sagunto, a commemorative plaque was installed at the City Hall to recognize municipal employees who faced retaliation following the Civil War. Specifically, the tribute honors Mariano Agustí Ferres and Joaquín Villalba Pascual, two municipal guards. Villalba was sentenced to death and executed, while Agustí received a twenty-year prison sentence, both of which were recently declared illegitimate and null by the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory.

In Granada, the PSOE party held an annual tribute at the Barranco del Carrizal in Órgiva, a designated site of Historical and Democratic Memory in Andalusia. During the event, Pedro Fernández, the PSOE Granada general secretary, emphasized the importance of democratic memory as a state policy. He criticized political opponents for attempting to repeal democratic memory laws and argued that maintaining historical memory is essential to strengthening democracy and preventing the revisionism of the Franco era.