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Spanish PM's belated revenge against Francoist general who betrayed his grandfather

For José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the Spanish Prime Minister, it might bring some bittersweet revenge for the loss of the grandfather he never knew.

A road named after the man who betrayed Captain Juan Rodríguez Lozano, who was shot by a Francoist firing squad in the Spanish Civil War, is to be changed.

Captain Lozano’s fate was sealed by General Vincente Lafuente, who denounced him as a Socialist.

For his service to the Franco regime, Lafuente was promoted to general and had a street named after him in Leon, the home town of Mr Zapatero.

But now this street will be renamed under a law introduced by Mr Zapatero’s Socialist Government to remove statues, symbols and street names that commemorate General Franco or his supporters.

Leon Council promised that “within months” a new name would be found.

Read entire article at Times Online (UK)