When the Francoist troops took the town, the Tercio of Begoña, formed by Carlist volunteers from Biscay, put an armed guard around the tree to protect it against the Falangists, who had wanted to fell this symbol of Basque nationalism.
Kada su Francovi vojnici zauzeli grad, Tercio od Begoñe, formiran od karlističkih dobrovoljaca iz Biskaje, postavili su oružanu stražu oko stabla kako bi ga zaštitili od Falangista, koji su htjele uništiti ovaj simbol baskijskog nacionalizma.