The conversations between Carmen Díaz, Antonio Tejero's wife, and her friend Herminia Collado tell me more than any official document about the moment our democracy was on the verge of...

Antonio Tejero's coup attempt in 1981 is remembered as an event that shook Spanish democracy.

Spænsk stjórnvöld léttu í dag leynd af skjölum um misheppnaða en sögulega valdaránstilraun 23. febrúar 1981 þegar Antonio Tejero Molina undirofursti réðst inn í þinghúsið í Madríd í hópi vopnaðra þjóð

Antonio Tejero, the 1981 coup leader who famously stormed the Spanish parliament with a pistol, has died. His actions inadvertently strengthened Spanish democracy.

Antonio Tejero Molina, the Civil Guard lieutenant colonel who stormed the Spanish Congress of Deputies with a gun in hand on February 23, 1981, in an attempt to overthrow the government, has passed away.

El protagonista del intento de golpe de Estado fallece a los 93 años en Valencia

Newly declassified documents related to the 1981 23-F coup attempt in Spain, involving Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero, have been released, offering few new revelations but maintaining some unanswered questions. One document indicates that Coloma Gallegos, former Captain General of Catalonia, was prepared to support the coup.

Antonio Tejero, who led approximately 200 young officers in a 1981 coup attempt to restore dictatorship by storming parliament and taking lawmakers hostage, has died on the day confidential documents related to the event were released.

He held Spain’s Parliament hostage for 18 hours on Feb. 23, 1981, before surrendering after it became clear that he had little support from the country’s armed forces.

Antonio Tejero, the former lieutenant colonel who led a failed coup attempt in Spain in 1981, has passed away.

Antonio Tejero Molina, the Civil Guard lieutenant colonel who led the failed coup attempt in Spain on February 23, 1981, has passed away.

El ex teniente coronel ha fallecido a los 93 años de edad según ha informado la familia en un comunicado

Antonio Tejero Molina, the former Civil Guard lieutenant colonel who led the failed 1981 coup attempt in Spain, has died at the age of 92, remaining steadfast in his ideals.

The ashes of former Civil Guard lieutenant colonel Antonio Tejero, known for his role in the 1981 coup attempt, will be transferred to Torre del Mar in Málaga, a town where he resided for a period.

Antonio Tejero, who died at 93, was part of rightwing network whose efforts were thwarted by King Juan Carlos The Spanish officer who led his armed followers into the Spanish congress in a failed military coup in 1981 has died on the same day that the socialist-led government declassified documents relating to the murky attempt to overthrow the country’s post-Franco democracy. Antonio Tejero, who was 93, was part of a network of rightwing police and military officers whose efforts to seize po...

The release comes on the same day as the death of the coup leader, Antonio Tejero Molina.

Antonio Tejero, the former Guardia Civil lieutenant colonel who led the failed 1981 coup attempt in Spain (23-F), has died. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison for military rebellion.