At the age of 18 she married José Torrealba Ordóñez, a member of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) (PSOE), with whom she settled in La Línea.
[3] Carrillo was active in calling for votes for the socialist Manuel García Prieto in the November 1933 Spanish general election.
[4] After the October Revolution of 1934 in Asturias, and the repression of the government led by Alejandro Lerroux and José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Carrillo left the PSOE to join the radio station of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in La Línea.
[4] In the February 1936 Spanish general election Carrillo took part in several rallies in La Línea calling for a vote for the Popular Front (Spain).
[8] With this rank, and as acting commander due to her husband José Torrealba's injuries inflicted on the Estepona front, Carrillo organised the evacuation of the wounded from Málaga Hospital before the imminent capture of the city by Nationalist troops in early February 1937.