Rafael Gutiérrez Caro

Rafael Gutiérrez Caro (Carmona, 1912 - Alcalá de Henares, 1940) was an Andalusian anarchist militant.

Rafael Gutiérrez Caro
Born	1912 Carmona, Seville,  Andalusia
Died	1940 (aged 27–28) Alcalá de Henares, Madrid,  Spain
Allegiance	CNT
Service	Confederal militias (1936-1937), Spanish Republican Army (1937-1939)
Unit	Andalusia-Extremadura Column, 70th Mixed Brigade, 14th Division
Battles/wars	Spanish Civil War: Battle of Guadalajara

Biography

Originally from Carmona, he was a peasant by profession and from his youth he was an anarchist.[1] He became a military officer in the National Confederation of Labor (Spanish: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, CNT) .

After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the confederal militias, coming to fight in the Sierra Morena area, integrated into the Andalusia-Extremadura Column.[1] In March 1937 he was appointed commander of the 70th Mixed Brigade, at the head of which would take part in the Battle of Guadalajara.[2] Later he commanded the 14th Division,[3] formed mainly by anarcho-syndicalists. In March 1939, during the Casado coup, he positioned himself in favor of the National Defence Council. He was taken prisoner by the nationalists at the end of the war, he was court-martialed, sentenced to death, and executed in Alcalá de Henares on June 3, 1940.

References

1. Abad de Santillán 1974, p. 405.
2. Engel 1999, p. 71.
3. Llarch 1976, p. 96.

Bibliography

• Abad de Santillán, Diego (1974). De Alfonso XIII a Franco (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Tipográfica Editora Argentina.
• Engel, Carlos (1999). Historia de las Brigadas mixtas del Ejército Popular de la República (in Spanish). Madrid: Almena. ISBN 84-922644-7-0.
• Llarch, Joan (1976). Cipriano Mera. Un anarquista en la guerra de España (in Spanish). Euros.