José Castillo (police officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Castillo (police officer)

Spanish police officer

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1901

Place of Birth: Alcalá la Real, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 12-Jul-1936

Profession: military personnel, politician, police officer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

José del Castillo Sáez de Tejada or José Castillo (29 June 1901, Alcalá la Real – 12 July 1936, Madrid) was a Spanish Police Guardia de Asalto (Assault Guard) lieutenant during the Second Spanish Republic.
His murder by four Falangist gunmen on July 12, 1936 led to a sequence of events that helped precipitate the Spanish Civil War.