On this day, 20 December 1973, the Spanish fascist prime minister, who was hand-picked as dictator Francisco Franco’s successor, Luis Carrero Blanco, was assassinated in Madrid.

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  1. Paquito chocolatero: Luis, donde estas? Teníamos reunión a las 12!!
    Carrero: hostia puta se me habĆ­a olvidado, espera que voy volando

  2. And a reminder that this is not a picture of it but an altered frame of the film Operación Ogro which is based on this assassination 

  3. Embarrassed-Sugar-78 on

    Algo bueno sĆ­ que hizo Kissinger…

    Hace 10 aƱos la mitad de comentarios habrƭan sido denunciados por enaltecimiento del terrorismo.

  4. Carrero Blanco had not been hand picked as Franco’s succesor, he was almost 70 at his time of death. He was Franco’s right hand man, picked to relieve the aging dictator of some day to day tasks.

    Franco never picked a succesor, he made some gestures towards the Prince but nothing definite. I believe he felt that appointing a successor would empower said succesor, and Franco was adamant that nobody but him could have its own power. Every power had to come off Franco himself.

  5. Here comes the BOOM!
    Here comes the BOOM!
    Here comes the
    Y’all don’t really want it now BOOM!
    Here comes the BOOM!
    Here comes the BOOM!
    Here comes the
    Y’all don’t really want it now BOOM!
    Here comes the BOOM!
    Here comes the BOOM!
    Here comes the
    Y’all don’t really want it now BOOM!

  6. Fun fact: A theory suggest the terrorist organization was so poor therefore the nitrate based explosive was facilitated by US Central Intelligence Agency

  7. The amount of explosives they put in that thing was a ā€œto be sureā€ amount multiplied by 5

  8. warriorplusultra on

    Where in Madrid is that? Do the surrounding buildings still stand? I want the coordinates lol