The family history of Geri Halliwell, one of the members of the Spice Girls, is closely linked to Córdoba. Her great-grandfather, Emiliano Hidalgo Fernández, was the republican mayor of Dos Torres during the Second Republic and was executed by firing squad on 27 December 1940, at the age of 61, at La Salud cemetery in Córdoba. The information was uncovered after months of investigation by journalist David Moreno.
Hidalgo was arrested in May 1939 and brought before a court martial because of his socialist activism and his role during the Civil War. In the 116-page case file he is described as "founder of the Socialist Party" in Dos Torres and as someone whose conduct was "subversive and revolutionary".
