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It is true that leftists killed many people, too. But don`t worry much about their "mass graves". The victims of leftist bigotry were regarded as "martyrs" by the fascist regime, and therefore their corpses were (as far as I know) respectfully searched and properly buried, many of them in the "Valle de los Caídos", as a monument to the Franquist rebellion. The destiny of murdered "reds" was totally different.
Here in Oviedo, I remember it came to happen less than five years ago, that the names of local Republican victims were collected in a memorial stone, in the graveyard. So far, they had just been buried as a shapeless pile, willingly forgotten.
When mass graves, from partisans or simple victims like the three women mentioned in the first post, are found, you can hear from time to time that some people still complain, "Let`s forget about all that, don`t touch the dead, now this is a democracy", and so on. The Spanish post-Franco regime was built upon willing oblivion. This country stinks of all the lies we had to support to achieve a certain degree of democracy.
As to Garzon, it is funny he dared to sue Pinochet, as it is VERY funny the way many Spaniards contempt Chilean democracy. They say "nothing has changed in Chile", because the murderers from the former regime are at large. It is funny they forget the way THEIR own fascist criminals, generals, members of Falange, moorish soldiers, members of the "Legion", and all the other heroes of the Crusade, they not only remained at large, but still are honored in monuments and street plaques all over Spain. In fact, the post Franquist "democracia" remained keeping them with all their medals on, earned God knows how, and paying them a retirement as honest soldiers.
The Moorish mercenaries who remain alive, those who crossed Spain conquering, murdering and raping Spaniards during the war, are still receiving every month their payment from Spanish government.
Here, in Oviedo, there is a street devoted to General Yague, the butcher of Badajoz, a man who shot 4000 people without any kind of trial. Another street, "Division Azul", honours the volunteers corps of the nazi army. And the Plaza de Espana, in the very center of the City, is decorated with an enormous statue where the face of Franco is depicted.
Under the surface, democratic Spain stinks
You are right, Democratic Spain stinks, but that doesn't mean you can't change it.