Not all who are are there

BarcelonaA few days ago, archaeologists discovered underground remains in a hotel in central Barcelona that radically change the map of ancient Bàrcino. From the stones found, scientists have concluded that the forum did not follow the north-south direction, but rather east-west. A complete upheaval for the ancient history of the capital and a well-deserved euphoria for the excavators. Well, the declassification of the 23-F papers has not caused any joy or much surprise: not only because the official map established regarding the failed coup has not been changed, but because the few new stones found only confirm that all those who were involved ended up in prison, but not all who were involved were there. Some surnames: Commander Cortina and Captains García Almenta and Sánchez Valiente, all of them assigned to the Cesid. The first was tried and acquitted. The other two were neither prosecuted nor tried, despite having actively participated in the preparation and execution of the military rebellion, as evidenced by the papers. As for the majority of the rest of the documents I have been able to review, they have made me think of the remembered colleague Pepe Oneto, a brave journalist, director of the also brave Cambio 16 and Tiempo, who as early as 1982 published in a book the transcription of the calls made to the wife of Lieutenant Colonel Tejero and who now some are surprised by its content, more typical of a Berlanga or Torrente film than of a command from the "worthy corps". The same can be said of some Cesid reports now "revealed", which have also appeared in some of the hundreds of dedicated books.

A considerable mess

Pedro Sánchez's government says it has dusted off everything it had in its ministries, but it has dumped it in a considerable mess, with undated and unsigned papers and mixing conspiracies, some from before 23-F to others from later, such as those from the case known as the 27-O coup, planned for the days after the socialist victory of 1982. I miss the communications that were issued between Zarzuela and the different captaincies general throughout the more than 6 very long hours that passed between the "everybody down" and the pro-constitutional message from Juan Carlos I. Especially, after reading in his memoirs that the majority of the captain generals were in favor of the coup. A statement shared in another book by Javier Calderón, head of operations at the Cesid at the time and direct superior of Cortina and Almenta. And who, despite all the suspicions from before and the evidence from now, maintains that no one from Cesid participated in 23-F. Well, not only that: the main person responsible for ensuring that the highest authorities of the State were informed of everything that could destabilize the constitutional order, argues in his book that Armada was not guilty but "a political victim".

It is surprising a "secret" paper that would confirm the serious tensions experienced by the general staff at that time: a "comunicando" about the house arrest imposed by the acting president of the military court that tried the coup plotters on two legal generals (with legal training) for having directed "serious and disrespectful terms" towards him. The first president already resigned "for health reasons". Today, generals, fortunately, have calmed down; destabilization is caused by some other high-ranking legal figures.