Juan Modesto Guilloto León (El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, 1906 - Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1968) was a Republican army officer during the Spanish Civil War. He originally worked at a sawmill before joining the Spanish Army. He served in Morocco, becoming a sergeant major of the Legion. Affiliated with the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1930. He was placed in charge of the Milicias Antifascistas Obreras y Campesinas (MAOC) of Madrid in 1933, … Wikipedia
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