formed part of the firing squad. One of his cousins was the model for a rogue character in The House of Bernardo Alba, finished a few months earlier, in which [Federico García] Lorca deliberately took aim at the rival Alba family. "They were angry with the father and took their revenge on the son," said [Miguel] Caballero [Pérez].Apart from Benavides, none of the firing squad seemed proud of what they had done. "They didn't speak to their families about all this. They are remembered as loving grandfathers who were silent about the civil war," said Caballero.
from The Guardian: Final hours of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca revealed
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