Francisco García-Escámez

Francisco García-Escámez e Iniesta, 1st Marquess of Somosierra (1 March 1893 in Cádiz – 12 June 1951 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife) was a Spanish military officer who participated in the coup d'état against the government of the Second Republic, and then fought for the Nationalist faction in the Civil War.

As an infantry soldier, he obtained the Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand for his actions in the Rif War.

Once the Civil War began in July 1936, he commanded a Nationalist column composed of about a thousand men, mostly Falangist and Requeté volunteers, with which he left Pamplona in the direction of Madrid, overcoming strong Republican resistance in Alfaro; with his column he came to occupy Logroño on 20 July, arresting General Víctor Carrasco Amilibia [es], military commander, accusing him of indecision.

As a general, in the Aragon Offensive he commanded one of the four divisions of the Moroccan Army Corps [es] under Yagüe, occupying Caspe on 17 March.

[2] Subsequently, on 2 March 1943, he was appointed Captain General of the Canary Islands,[3] As military commander of the Canary Islands, he carried out certain work of economic, social and cultural development that allowed overcoming the precarious conditions imposed by the isolation of the archipelago, caused by the Civil War and World War II.

View of the tomb.