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Spain exhumes remains of fascist leader Primo de Rivera

Spanish police guard the entrance of San Isidro Cemetery before the arrival of the exhumed remains of José Antonio Primo de Rivera [Juan Medina/Reuters]

The remains of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the founder of the Falange party, are being removed from a grand basilica to be buried in a low-key family grave as part of Spain’s efforts to stop the glorification of its fascist past.

Monday’s exhumation comes six months after Spain passed a law aimed at tackling the legacy of the 1936-39 civil war and decades of dictatorship that followed.

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