Benito Valencia Bouza, Secretary of the Souto Peasants’ Union
Benito Valencia Bouza (Farnadeiros, Muíños, 1910 – Boado bridge, Xinzo de Limia, 1936) was secretary of the Souto Peasants' Union and a Popular Front councillor; he was murdered in the first days of the military coup.
- Born
- Farnadeiros (Muíños), 10 May 1910
- Death
- Boado bridge (Xinzo de Limia), August 1936
- Offices
- secretary of the Souto Peasants' Union; councillor of Muíños
- Tribute
- Comité pola Memória Histórica do Val do Límia, 1 August 2020
Benito Valencia Bouza was born in Farnadeiros (Muíños) on 10 May 1910 and died at the Boado bridge, on the boundary of Xinzo de Limia, in August 1936. He was a trade unionist and politician [1].
Life
He emigrated to Buenos Aires in 1927, where he worked as a waiter. On his return he settled in Güimil; he was an official of the Muíños council, secretary of the Souto Peasants’ Union and a Popular Front councillor from March 1936. He married Digna Portela Penín in 1935 [1].
Death
With the coup d’état of July 1936 he was arrested and «taken for a walk» (paseado, the euphemism for an extrajudicial killing) at the Boado bridge, over the River Limia, on the road out of Xinzo towards Verín [1]. Galipedia gives 1 August 1936 as the date of death; Edelmiro Martínez Cerredelo records that the body was found on the 2nd, with a shot in the back of the neck, and that the death was registered on orders from above in case file no. 50 [1][2].
Memory
The Comité pola Memória Histórica do Val do Límia paid him tribute on 1 August 2020, and Carlos Morais published the monograph Benito Valencia Bouza, artífice do Sindicato Campesino de Souto, Val do Límia (2020) [1]. See The 1936 repression in A Limia.
Frequently asked questions
Where was Benito Valencia Bouza murdered? At the Boado bridge, over the River Limia, on the road out of Xinzo towards Verín [1].
What office did he hold? He was secretary of the Souto Peasants’ Union and a Popular Front councillor for Muíños [1].
Links
Sources
- «Benito Valencia Bouza», Galipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Valencia_Bouza
- Edelmiro Martínez Cerredelo, «Os mortos daquel verán de 1936», Historia de Xinzo, 16-01-2015. https://historiadexinzo.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/os-mortos-de-aquel-veran-de-1936/
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