The son of Pedro Torres Marco and Orencia Escartín Villacampa, Rafael was born in the Bailo barracks of Guardia Civil, where his father was stationed.[1]
As a student in Huesca, he was introduced to anarchism by the anarchist painter and journalist Ramón Acín. He dropped out of school to become a pastry chef. From 1918 he was a member of Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT),[2] specifically in the food union, and left Huesca to live in Zaragoza.[1]
In Zaragoza he joined the anarchist group Crisol, that would later be called Los Solidarios, made up of prominent figures in anarchism such as Buenaventura Durruti or Francisco Ascaso. He lived for a while between the Aragonese capital and Barcelona, where he worked at the Ritz Hotel.[1]
In 1923, the group Los Solidarios affirmed that Cardinal Juan Soldevila y Romero, the civil governor of Barcelona Severiano Martínez Anido and the minister of the interior Gabino Bugallal Araújo had ordered the assassination of trade union leader Salvador Seguí in Barcelona on March 10 of the same year. With this conviction, they decided to assassinate the Cardinal Archbishop of Zaragoza. On June 4, Rafael Torres Escartín, together with Francisco Ascaso, assassinated the cardinal with twenty shots in his car, leaving his driver seriously injured.[2][3]
Although at first he managed to flee from the police, Torres Escartín was arrested during a robbery at the Bank of Spain in Gijón and despite the fact that he managed to escape again, he was again arrested and sentenced to death. As a result, Torres Escartín went mad during his stay in the Santoña prison, and his sentence was commuted to an insane asylum in Reus in 1931. Despite his mental state, Rafael was executed by a firing squad at the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939.[4]
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^ ab(PDF). 25 December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^Los años de seminario de Josemaría Escrivá en Zaragoza, 1920-1925: el ... - Ramón Herrando Prat de la Riba - Google Libros. 13 December 2014. ISBN9788432134029. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^Forcadell, Carlos. "El asesinato del Cardenal Soldevila 1923". Tiempo de Historia. 47: 16.
February 25, 2023
rafael, torres, escartín, rafael, liberato, torres, escartín, december, 1901, 1939, spanish, anarchist, militant, born, 1901, december, 1901bailo, huesca, kingdom, spaindied1939barcelona, catalonia, spaincause, deathfiring, squadnationalityspanishoccupation, b. Rafael Liberato Torres Escartin 20 December 1901 1939 was a Spanish anarchist militant Rafael Torres EscartinBorn 1901 12 20 20 December 1901Bailo Huesca Kingdom of SpainDied1939Barcelona Catalonia SpainCause of deathFiring squadNationalitySpanishOccupation s Baker militantOrganization s CNT Los SolidariosMovementAnarchismBiography EditThe son of Pedro Torres Marco and Orencia Escartin Villacampa Rafael was born in the Bailo barracks of Guardia Civil where his father was stationed 1 As a student in Huesca he was introduced to anarchism by the anarchist painter and journalist Ramon Acin He dropped out of school to become a pastry chef From 1918 he was a member of Confederacion Nacional del Trabajo CNT 2 specifically in the food union and left Huesca to live in Zaragoza 1 In Zaragoza he joined the anarchist group Crisol that would later be called Los Solidarios made up of prominent figures in anarchism such as Buenaventura Durruti or Francisco Ascaso He lived for a while between the Aragonese capital and Barcelona where he worked at the Ritz Hotel 1 In 1923 the group Los Solidarios affirmed that Cardinal Juan Soldevila y Romero the civil governor of Barcelona Severiano Martinez Anido and the minister of the interior Gabino Bugallal Araujo had ordered the assassination of trade union leader Salvador Segui in Barcelona on March 10 of the same year With this conviction they decided to assassinate the Cardinal Archbishop of Zaragoza On June 4 Rafael Torres Escartin together with Francisco Ascaso assassinated the cardinal with twenty shots in his car leaving his driver seriously injured 2 3 Although at first he managed to flee from the police Torres Escartin was arrested during a robbery at the Bank of Spain in Gijon and despite the fact that he managed to escape again he was again arrested and sentenced to death As a result Torres Escartin went mad during his stay in the Santona prison and his sentence was commuted to an insane asylum in Reus in 1931 Despite his mental state Rafael was executed by a firing squad at the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939 4 References Edit a b c Trebede 4 July 2008 Archived from the original on 4 July 2008 Retrieved 16 October 2022 a b Wayback Machine PDF 25 December 2011 Archived from the original PDF on 25 December 2011 Retrieved 16 October 2022 Los anos de seminario de Josemaria Escriva en Zaragoza 1920 1925 el Ramon Herrando Prat de la Riba Google Libros 13 December 2014 ISBN 9788432134029 Retrieved 16 October 2022 Forcadell Carlos El asesinato del Cardenal Soldevila 1923 Tiempo de Historia 47 16 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rafael Torres Escartin amp oldid 1141097602, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
