Francisco Ascaso
Francisco Ascaso Abadía (April 1, 1901 – July 20, 1936) was the cousin of Joaquín Ascaso, the President of the Regional Defence Council of Aragon, a carpenter and a prominent Anarcho-syndicalist figure in Spain.
Francisco Ascaso Abadía | |
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| Born | April 1, 1901 Almudévar, Province of Huesca, Spain |
| Died | July 20, 1936 (aged 35) Barcelona, Spain |
| Organization(s) | Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, Nosotros |
| Movement | Anarchism |
| Family | Alejandro Ascaso Abadía (brother) Domingo Ascaso Abadía (brother) Joaquín Ascaso Budria (cousin) |
Ascaso lived a life of crime and violence being involved in the deaths of multiple high-profile government officials and as a result frequently detained. By the time of the Spanish Civil War, he had created and been involved in numerous anarchist operations and organizations alongside his close friend Buenaventura Durruti. He would be killed during the Civil War.
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