A 1973 car bomb in Madrid fundamentally changed the future of Spanish politics
The 1973 assassination of Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco by a separatist group dramatically altered Spain's political trajectory, inadvertently paving the way for the country's eventual transition to democracy.
Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, the hand-picked successor to dictator Francisco Franco, was killed on December 20, 1973, when a massive underground bomb sent his car flying five stories into the air. The attack was carried out by the Basque separatist group ETA, who spent months digging a tunnel under the Madrid street.
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