- Title: Helicopter arrives to transport Franco´s remains
- Date: 24th October 2019
- Summary: SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, SPAIN (OCTOBER 24, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER ARRIVING AT VALLEY OF THE FALLEN
- Embargoed: 7th November 2019 09:22
- Keywords: Spain Francisco Franco Francisco Franco exhumation helicopter Franco helicopter helicopter arrives for Franco remains Spanish politics
- Location: SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, SPAIN
- City: SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2GHNBB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A helicopter landed on the grounds of the Valley of the Fallen in San Lorenzo de el Escorial, Spain on Thursday (October 24) to collect the remains of Francisco Franco and transport them to a cemetery in Madrid after the dictator´s long-awaited exhumation.
Authorities are seeking to exorcize the ghost of a dictator whose legacy still divides the country more than four decades after his death.
Amid tight security and in virtual secrecy, his coffin is to be taken from the Valley of the Fallen and reburied in a private family vault in the Mingorrubio Cemetery.
The exhumation ceremony was due to begin at 10:30 local time (0830 GMT) and, with media barred from witnessing it, will be attended by a select few: Justice Minister Dolores Delgado, a forensics expert, a priest, and 22 of Franco's descendants.
They include his oldest grandson Francisco Franco, who labeled the operation - and its low-key nature - a political ploy by the governing Socialist Party. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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