Salvador Puig Antich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Salvador Puig Antich

Spanish activist

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1942

Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1974

Profession: politician, criminal, activist

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Salvador Puig Antich (Catalan pronunciation: [s?lß?'ðo 'pud???n'tik]; 1948–1974) was a Catalan militant anarchist whose unpopular execution under Francoist Spain made him a cause célèbre for Catalan autonomists, pro-independence supporters, and anarchists.
After fighting the Spanish State with the terrorist group Iberian Liberation Movement in the early 1970s, he was convicted and executed for the death of a policeman during a shoot out. Catalonians viewed Puig Antich's judicial death as symbolic retribution for the region's fight for self-government, and his name became commonplace in Barcelona.
The incident inspired works by Catalan artists Joan Miró and Antoni Tàpies, and a satirical play by the Catalan theater group Els Joglars.
The 2006 film Salvador depicts Puig Antich's time on death row.
After the Spanish Supreme Court declined an effort to review the execution, an Argentine court adopted the case under universal jurisdiction in 2013.