Spain exhumes former dictator Franco
17 November 2019 |
8:04 am
Forty-four years after his death, the remains of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco are being exhumed from a vast mausoleum in the hills near Madrid and moved to a discreet grave close to the capital.
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