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23-F at AllExperts (1587 words) |
 | At 18:30, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero, dozens of the Guardia Civil and submachine gunners interrupted the Congress of Deputies of the Spanish parliament. |
| Whilst almost all deputies dropped terrified on the floor, three kept standing defiantly: acting Minister of Defence Gutiérrez Mellado, acting prime minister Adolfo Suarez and communist leader Santiago Carrillo, who calmly lit a cigarette and did not seem to be disturbed by the least bit. |
| Moreover, four of the deputies were separated from the rest: the still president of the government, Adolfo Suárez González; the opposition leader, Felipe González Márquez; the second on the rolls of the PSOE, Alfonso Guerra González; and the leader of the Communist Party of Spain, Santiago Carrillo. |
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