There have been many silences in Spain's recent history. The journalist Roger Mateos (Barcelona, ​​​​1977), who has dedicated many years to investigate and explore the greyest and darkest areas of Franco's regime, decided to uncover new secrets after learning of a conversation. Xosé Humberto Baena, a member of the Revolutionary Anti-Fascist and Patriotic Front (FRAP), had it with his father shortly before he was shot on September 27, 1975, fifty years ago. The father needed the truth, and asked his son to tell him, although if he told him they had shot an innocent man, it would be more painful. "I'm sorry, Father, but I can't give you that consolation. It wasn't me who killed him," was the response of the young Galician anti-Francoist who was about to turn 25. Mateos believes in Baena's innocence; he has the information to prove it. The Summer of the Innocents: The Secret of the Last Man Executed During the Franco Regime (Anagrama) is a years-long investigation into what happened on the day of the murder of police officer Lucio Rodríguez, for which Baena was convicted and killed.

The doors of the Spanish justice system have been closed to Carlos Vallejo many times. Now, together with the Irídia collective, this anti-Franco activist has decided to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights. Vallejo was arrested in December 1970. During the state of emergency, the police were able to detain him for an entire month on Via Laietana. The police used various torture techniques on him, all extremely painful, such as tying his hands under his legs and constantly punching and kicking him. They were never investigated. In November 2022, Vallejo, along with the Irídia collective and Òmnium Cultural, filed a complaint for crimes against humanity against her torturers.Vallejo's lawsuit was the first after the entry into force of the law of democratic memory of 2022. Even the Generalitat supported him and filed a private lawsuit. Despite all the appeals filed, the last one before the Constitutional Court, his case was dismissed, and the Spanish justice system decided not to investigate.