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His parents were well-off peasants and entered the Infantry Academy in Toledo. After getting the rank of second lieutenant, he was appointed to Morocco. In 1932, he participated in the coup carried out by Sanjurjo. He was arrested, judged and then ran away. He took part in the Civil War, ending up as brigadier-general and being nominated as military governor of Lugo. In 1943, a military tribunal separated him from the Army. In 1944, he was confined in Albacete and transferred to Palencia in 1945. He returned to Lugo later, where he was the victim of an attack but he survived.