Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau mai i Canfranc, Aragon, me te tama a te kaihao o te taone, he Falangist a Ezquerra, a, i tino hihiri ia ki te mahi hoia i te taha Nationalist i muri i te pakanga hoia o te 18 o Hurae 1936. I whawhai ia i ngā rārangi o Aragon,
Madrid, Extremadura me Teruel, i roto i te 7th "Bandera de Castilla" me te 6th Granada Infantry Regiment. I whara ia i te whawhai a tawhio noa Huesca, i whakawhiwhia ia hei "teihana tuarua tuarua" (alferez provisional) ka mutu te pakanga hei rangatira tuatahi mo te wa poto. He maha nga mētara i whakawhiwhia ki a ia mo te maia. Whai muri i te mutunga o te pakanga ka whakakorehia ia, ka mahi ia hei rangatira kawanatanga mo te uniana "Obra Sindical de Artesania". I marenatia ia ki a Consuelo Reinoso a tokorua ana tamahine.