How the Franco Army Treats the Spanish Population

In early August 1936 news reaches Badahoth, a town on the border with Portugal, that Franco's African army is on the march. In anticipation, Republican militia begin arriving in the city to fight off the nationalists. But they are no match for what Franco has planned. Outgunned and outmanned, Badahoth falls to the nationalists. A bloodbath ensues. Lieutenant Colonel Jagway, leader of the Francoist forces, orders the confinement of 2000 prisoners to the town's bullfighting ring. Anyone who has the bruised of a rifle recoil on their shoulder is shot. Later that night, the mass executions begin. Some accounts suggest that 1800 men and women are killed on the