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Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca was executed during civil war, papers reveal

Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca was executed during civil war, papers reveal
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Federico Garcia Lorca, the Spanish playwright and poet who was killed shortly after the start of Spain’s civil war, was executed by the authorities, new documents reveal.

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The papers, written 29 years later in 1965, say that Lorca was rumoured to be gay and a practising freemason, was killed on the orders of the military loyal to General Franco in Granada.

The Cadena Ser radio network revealed the documents that clear up some of a mystery which has puzzelled historians and biographers.

No contemporary paperwork has ever been found, nor have Lorca’s remains.

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