Madrid, 02/23/1981. Coup d'état of February 23. Lieutenant General D. Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, First Vice President of the Government for Defense Affairs, stood up in his seat, next to that of Adolfo Suárez, and faced the assailants. This can be seen in this photo taken by ABC graphic editor Teodoro Naranjo, who, upon leaving Congress on the 23rd, had cameras and film taken from him, which he was able to recover the next day.