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17-564: (Redirected from Madrid Bombings ) Madrid bombings may refer to: Cafetería Rolando bombing , 1974 May 1979 Madrid bombing July 1979 Madrid bombings El Descanso bombing , April 1985 Madrid airline office attacks , July 1985 Plaza República Dominicana bombing , 1986 1992 Madrid bombing 1993 Madrid bombings 1995 Vallecas bombing 2000 Madrid bombing 2001 Madrid bombing 2004 Madrid train bombings 2006 Madrid-Barajas Airport bombing Topics referred to by
34-688: A trip to Latin America and the Philippines, Piñar wrote an article for the Madrid newspaper ABC . The article, entitled "Hypocrites," harshly criticized the foreign policy of the United States . At that time, Francoist Spain depended on bilateral relations with the United States to maintain international recognition for the Francoist State. Franco's minister of Foreign Affairs, after giving many explanations to
51-536: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cafeter%C3%ADa Rolando bombing 1980s 1990s 2000s The Cafetería Rolando bombing was an attack on 13 September 1974 at the Rolando cafe in Calle del Correo, Madrid , Spain which killed 13 people and wounded 71. Though no claim of responsibility was made, the attack is widely believed to have been carried out by
68-506: The assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco one year before. However, neither Forest nor Luz Fernandez were tried for the Rolando bombing, as they were released in June 1977 as part of a general amnesty for political prisoners. In 1981 Lidia Falcón published a denunciation of Eva Forest which suggested that Forest's role in the Rolando attack had been considerable. The government also offered a reward of one million pesetas for information leading to
85-570: The US ambassador, dismissed Piñar. Despite the dismissal, Piñar's loyalty to the Francoist State did not diminish. He was an opponent of the breakup of the regime. He voted and argued against the Political Reform Act . He saw the law not as an attempt at reform, but an attempt at disintegration. Piñar also opposed the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and voted against it in its entirety. After
102-559: The armed Basque separatist group ETA . The Rolando Cafe was located on 4 Calle del Correo in Madrid, close to the General Directorate of Security, the headquarters of the Spanish Police. It was regularly frequented by members of the police force and security services. The bomb was placed at the entrance to the building and exploded on a Friday afternoon, during a busy lunchtime period. More than 300 people were eating in
119-525: The attack, but the PCE energetically denied involvement. Reports that police officers had received a circular advising them not to go to the Rolando Cafe or stand outside the building added to the mystery surrounding the incident. Leftists known to be sympathetic to ETA were arrested, including Eva Forest , wife of the communist playwright Alfonso Sastre , Mari Luz Fernandez and her relatives, Lidia Falcón ,
136-414: The capture of Juan Manuel Galarraga Mendizabal who they suspected of being a high ranking ETA figure involved in the bombing. Exact authorship of the bombing has however remained a mystery. 40°24′58″N 3°42′15″W / 40.41611°N 3.70417°W / 40.41611; -3.70417 [REDACTED] Category Blas Pi%C3%B1ar Blas Piñar López (22 November 1918 – 28 January 2014)
153-564: The country, such as Blas Piñar , the opportunity to attack the Prime Minister Carlos Arias Navarro . In the immediate period of confusion following the attack, some blamed the attack on the far-right . The police, however, concluded that ETA were responsible and launched an operation against the group's infrastructure in Madrid. Initially the police also blamed the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) of cooperating in
170-457: The death of Franco, he created New Force (Fuerza Nueva), a National Catholic organization, and in 1979 was elected a deputy for the Unión Nacional coalition representing Madrid . After the loss of his seat in the 1982 elections he dissolved Fuerza Nueva (not the publishing house of the same name which continued publishing). In 1986, with the aid of Jean-Marie Le Pen , he reconstructed
187-472: The gaps in the ceiling. The police immediately arrived and cordoned off the scene. Two of the 12 initially killed and 11 of the injured were members of the police force. However the wounded included the number two of the Spanish Political Police, with the remainder employees and customers of the cafe. A thirteenth victim died in 1977 of injuries suffered during the attack. The leadership of ETA
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#1732891239658204-423: The neighbouring El Tobogan restaurant at the time of the explosion, two of whom were among the dead. The explosion caused significant damage to nearby buildings, shattering the windows of the nearby General Directorate of Security, while two cars parked nearby were totally destroyed. The bomb caused part of the Rolando Cafe's ceiling to collapse and guests staying in a pension above were injured due to falling through
221-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Madrid bombings . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madrid_bombings&oldid=1116290936 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
238-401: The theatre director Vicente Sainz de la Peña, construction worker Antonio Durán, pilot Bernardo Badell and his wife María del Carmen Nadal, the actress María Paz Ballesteros, and the writer Eliseo Bayo . Between June 1975 and February 1976, courts dismissed the cases and released the defendants. However Eva Forest and Mari Luz Fernandez remained in prison as they were charged with complicity in
255-633: Was a Spanish far-right politician. Having connections to Catholic organizations, during the Francoist dictatorship he directed the Institute of Hispanic Culture ( Instituto de Cultura Hispánica ) and served as procurador in the Cortes and as national councillor (1955–1977). He later became a member of the Congress of Deputies in 1979. He led the far-right New Force and National Front political parties. Piñar
272-669: Was born in Toledo . He was a law student in Madrid when the Spanish Civil War broke out and took refuge in the embassies of Finland and Paraguay, later doing work as a clandestine "fifth columnist" for the Nationalist forces. From 1957 to 1962, he was in charge of the Institute of Hispanic Culture that was dedicated to managing scholarships between Latin American and Spanish universities. After
289-456: Was taken aback by the responses to the attack and on 15 September, issued a statement denying their responsibility, though implicitly defending the bombing, claiming that the cafe was full of police agents. This caused tensions within the group, with some members believing that the organisation had to admit responsibility for attacks carried out, even if the results were not those intended. The bombing gave those opposed to further liberalisation of
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