Historical eventJuly 81927

Los Errantes

The Spanish anarchist group Los Errantes are released from French detention, following a lengthy defense campaign against their extradition.

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When
Friday, July 8 192799 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1920s
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At a glance

Dates: From 1927.

What came before

Background During the early 1920s, the rising influence of organised anarcho-syndicalism in Spain , and an internal conflict within the Spanish government over the conduct of the Rif War , had provoked the preparation of a military coup by General Miguel Primo de Rivera . [ 1 ] To resist the coming coup, the anarchist group Los Solidarios planned to rob a branch of the Bank of Spain in Xixón and use the money to purchase weaponry. [ 2 ] On 1 September 1923, the group made off with 650,000 pesetas .

What happened

Los Errantes was a Spanish anarchist militant group, which carried out a series of bank robberies in Latin America during the 1920s. Exiled from Spain by the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, Buenaventura Durruti and Francisco Ascaso moved to Cuba, where they organised trade unions and participated in strike actions. After assassinating one of their employers, they fled the country to Mexico,

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July 8 1927 — 99 years ago, on a Friday.

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