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- ↑ The Splintering of Spain, pp. 2–3 Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-82178-0
- ↑ Juliá, Santos (24 November 2008). "El primer gran movimiento unitario de la oposición, tras la muerte de Franco, fue exigir la libertad de los presos políticos como irrenunciable primer paso a la democracia. Los logros no obligaron a olvidar el pasado". El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ↑ (in Spanish) Ley 46/1977, de 15 de octubre, de Amnistia., BOE núm. 248, de 17 de octubre de 1977, páginas 22765 a 22766 (2 págs.). (BOE-A-1977-24937). Accessed online 25 October 2017.
- ↑ "Argentina asks Spain to arrest 20 Franco-era officials". BBC. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Portal de Víctimas de la Guerra Civil y Represaliados del Franquismo" . Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ↑ "Marcos Ana". 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2017.