This Sunday, at 12:00 a.m., in the cemetery of El Carmen in Valladolid, a tribute will be paid to the Basque warrior Angel Egaña and 198 retaliations killed by the Franco regime. The goal is to remember everyone and bury them at the memorial that's out there.

But the remains of Angel Egaña return to their people. To this end, a large municipal delegation from Arrankudiaga-Zollo, including the mayor, will come to Valladolid with the family of Egaña. A public tribute will be paid in Arrankudiaga-Zollo on 28 April.

The City Hall has praised the work done in recent years by the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory of Valladolid (ARMHV). This has led to the opening of several mass graves of Francoist reprisals and to the identification of those killed, including Egaña. Before, in 2021 he was honored in Valladolid and in his village in October.

Biography of Angel Egaña

He realizes the life of Angel Egaña in the press release of the City of Arrankudiaga-Zollo itself.

Egaña was born on 22 February 1914 in Arrankudiaga and, in the census of 1935-1936, lived with his widow mother and her three brothers in the village of Otsantzar.

Faced with the fascist coup, in 1936 he entered the Basque militia in the company Landarraga of the Padura battalion, with a degree of lieutenant. The Marisma Battalion consisted of 300 gudaris from the companies of Landarraga, Basauri, Ondarreta, Iberlanda and Metralladores, who participated in different fronts: Elgeta, Ubidea, Gorbea, Durango, Amurrio, etc.

But the struggles that took place on 31 March and 1 April 1937 on Mount Gorbeia had very serious consequences for Ángel Egaña. According to the chronicles of the time, the Gorbeia area was in the hands of the Basque warriors, on the night of 31 March IV of the fascist troops. The White Virgin Tertiary, of the Brigade's Requetés, took advantage of the dark night and fog to accidentally take the Gorbea Cross and put on it the fascist flag and cottage cheese.

On the morning of April 1, the warriors of the Marisma Battalion seized the Gorbea Cross and the fascist flag and required enemies. In this battle there were deaths on both sides and, among the supporters of the fascists, one of the chapels of the cavalry of the district of Valladolid died.

When Bilbao fell into the hands of the golfers, in June 1937, the Marisma Battalion was dismantled and the warriors remained in the different companies III. 156 division. They joined Brigade II. It's called a battalion. They retired to Santander and by 23 August they were in Santoña. Egaña was arrested by the coup and tried in Case C-50/37 on 25 September. He was sentenced to prison for 12 years and one day, together with 24 militiamen.

But on November 4, 1937 the gunman was transferred to the prison of Cocheras de Tranvías, 10 de Valladolid. Because the Military Court reviewed Summary 1477/1937 and wanted to judge it in the War Council. With the degree of lieutenant, Angel Egaña was charged with the death of the fascist captain in the battle of Gorbeia and sentenced to death. The ruling against Egaña was a harsh revenge on the death of the coup official.

On June 1, 1938, he was informed of the strength of the judgment and on June 2, at 6:30 a.m., he was shot at the Graveras of San Isidro site. He was later buried in mass grave number 7 of the municipal cemetery of Valladolid.