[1][3] He was one of those who denounced the smuggling scandal that led to the removal of military governor Federico de Monteverde, for which he suffered an attack in October 1916.

[1][3] Shortly afterwards, he settled in Barcelona, where he joined the CNT's Sindicat de la Fusta, which in January 1919 elected him as Secretary of its Local Committee.

[1][3] He was later confined to La Torre de San Juan Abad, from where, on 7 September 1921, he managed to escape[2] to Puertollano and Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo, where he participated in the Rationalist School of Aquilino Medina, teaching young miners.

[1][3] In June 1922 he represented the unions of Melilla and Málaga at the Zaragoza Conference and in February 1923 at the Plenary Session of the CNT in Mataró.

[1] He returned to Barcelona when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed in 1931,[2] and after meeting with the national committee of the CNT he settled in Melilla to organize the union sections.

[1][3] In February 1932 he was arrested again accused of participating in the Alt Llobregat insurrection;[2] he was deported to Almeria and then confined to Burgos on probation.

[1][2][3] He was interned in the concentration camp of Saint-Cyprien[2] until he managed to go by boat to Santo Domingo with his companion Áurea Cuadrado Castillón.