How to Pronounce Salvador Puig Antich
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Apr 06, 1942 Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain Died on 02 Mar 1974 (aged 31)
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About Salvador Puig Antich
- Salvador Puig Antich (Catalan pronunciation: [s?lß?'ðo 'pud???n'tik]; 1948–1974) was a Catalan militant anarchist whose unpopular execution under Francoist Spain made him a cause célèbre for Catalan autonomists, pro-independence supporters, and anarchists.
- After fighting the Spanish State with the terrorist group Iberian Liberation Movement in the early 1970s, he was convicted and executed for the death of a policeman during a shoot out. Catalonians viewed Puig Antich's judicial death as symbolic retribution for the region's fight for self-government, and his name became commonplace in Barcelona.
- The incident inspired works by Catalan artists Joan Miró and Antoni Tàpies, and a satirical play by the Catalan theater group Els Joglars.
- The 2006 film Salvador depicts Puig Antich's time on death row.
- After the Spanish Supreme Court declined an effort to review the execution, an Argentine court adopted the case under universal jurisdiction in 2013.
