He also used municipal funds to buy food to alleviate the hunger of unemployed families within the district.

During this period, and as preludes to the far rights moves to destabilize the democratic republican government of Spain, Salazar Alonso[2] intervened in local democracy.

In June 1934[2] the Civil Governor along with members of the Civil Guard and representatives of local right wing organizations accused Modesto José Lorenzana of misuse of public funds, and on these grounds and with dubious legal process removed him from office of Mayor.

[2] The main source of income for the town is agricultural with the surrounding countryside used for the growing of crops and Animal husbandry.

The parish church of ‘Our Lady of Granada’ is in the Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz and dates from the 15th century and has been built in the Baroque style of architecture.