Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
kumukira kwemauto muMorocco musi wa17 Chikunguru 1936, Spain yakakurumidza kupatsanurwa kuita maviri: "Republican" kana "Loyalist" Spain inoumbwa neChipiri Spanish Republic, uye "Nationalist" Spain pasi pevakuru vevapanduki, uye, pakupedzisira, pasi pehutungamiri hweGeneral Francisco Franco. Kubvira panguva yokutanga yehondo, Negrin akabatanidza mabasa ake somutevedzeri uye, gare gare, somushumiri, nokushanyira kakawanda mumotokari yake yomunhu oga kunzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dziri pamberi peMadrid kuti akurudzire varwi uye kuvapa zvokudya nezvokushandisa. Negrín akabetsera vanhu vazhinji kutiza mu"chinjo" muna July naAugust 1936. Ushingi hwake pachake mukuita izvi hwakasimbiswa neshamwari yakataura kuti "akaita nhamburiko iri yose, achizviisa amene mungozi zvikuru... kuti aponese vanhu muMadrid". Somugumisiro, Negrin akapotsa aurayiwa nevaanarchist asi akaponeswa nokupindira kwevashandi vechengetedzo veBazi rezvemari.