About the murder of Rodríguez Medel

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It is a fact that the fascist press not only relied on God and that the war was a Crusade to justify its crimes but paradoxically it would use mind-blowing versions of the murders perpetrated mostly by the Carlists. Wasn't it enough to appeal to the fact that this was what God wanted? Without a doubt none of these versions would surpass in lies the one offered by Diario de Navarra of the vile murder committed in the person of the soldier Rodríguez Medel. It was written by Mario Ozcoidi Castan Lumbier - Pamplona third director of Diario de Navarra - at the age of . The fascist R. García Garcilaso replaced him in .

Ozcoidi wrote in Diario from the first issue until his retirement in . On the first page of the newspaper on July the news of the death of the Commander of the Civil Guard was published in a small box with these words: "As a result of an unfortunate accident UAE Phone Number that occurred in the barracks the Chief Commander of the Civil Guard of Navarra Don José Rodríguez Medel . Rest in peace." Exactly the same year Ozcoidi recalled the matter with a report: “From Marxist Spain to Traditional Spain. “Navarra impregnable bastion of faith and patriotism.” Paradoxically his version would question whether said death was due to an accident. He described Rodríguez Medel as “a perverse man” in one of the most vile reports that would be written about this event DN. . Firstly he would refer to the “very worthy and integrity Lieutenant Colonel of the Civil Guard



Don Ignacio Gregorio Muga a good folksy man from Zaragoza by birth and from Navarre at heart friend of every decent and honest person upright in the fulfillment of his duty.” duty dearest in our province" who was dismissed by the Government and replaced "by a bad perverse man without guts and with a hardened heart. He had to be like this so that the sectarian and tyrannical instructions reserved from Madrid would be blindly obeyed to faithfully support the dark plans forged by the secret sects . Otherwise there could be no explanation of any kind for the separation and transfer of Mr. Muga.” Well according to Ozcoidi the Government found in Rodríguez Medel “the necessary condition to become a vile servant a miserable instrument of his evil plans .