GRAPOGallery
Description
Born in: Castilla y León
Offspring: 0Marital status: Married
Job: Armed Police Agent
Date of the attack: 01/10/1975
Place of the attack: Madrid
Weapon: Gun
Killed by: GRAPO
Description
GRAPO (the Grupo de Resistencia Antifascista Primero de Octubre or First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Group) chose 1 October 1975 to make their debut. In the early morning they perpetrated four attacks against officers of the Armed Police who were guarding bank offices in different areas of Madrid. One of them was Joaquín Alonso Bajo, who was in in a branch of the Banco Occidental. At around 9.30 am, three individuals entered the office and shot the officer, who was pronounced dead on arrival at the Gómez Ulla Military Hospital.