Eduardo López Ochoa

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Eduardo López Ochoa (* 1877 in Barcelona ; † August 17, 1936 in Madrid ) was a Spanish general .

Life

Ochoa grew up in Barcelona, ​​where his father, a colonel , was stationed and embarked on a military career. He took part in the war in Cuba and in the Rif war in Africa. In 1918 he was promoted to major general. When the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed in 1931, López Ochoa became Capitán General of Catalonia. In 1934 he led the troops to suppress the uprising in Asturias . His enemies called him "el verdugo de Asturias" (" The executioner of Asturias" ) because of the atrocities that took place there . When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, López Ochoa was in a hospital in Carabanchel on the outskirts of Madrid to recover from an operation. He was lynched by a mob and his body was beheaded.

Miners' strike of 1934

Ochoa was particularly prominent during the Asturian miners' strike around 1934 . It was up to him, under the direction of the ruling center-right coalition at the time, to smash the strike of the workers and members of the socialist union UGT , after the armed unionists and miners had taken large parts of Asturias , such as the provincial capital Oviedo and several barracks, had conquered to take action against the entry into government of the right-wing party CEDA .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pedro Montoliú Camps: Madrid en la Guerra Civil: La Historia, 2 Tomos , Silex Ediciones, 1998, ISBN 8477370729, page 90/91
personal data
SURNAME López Ochoa, Eduardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish general
DATE OF BIRTH 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1936
Place of death Madrid