 Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika yeSpain muna 1936, akabatanazve neuto musi wa 18 Chikunguru pasi peGeneral Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, achiraira mapoka evapanduki vanoshanda mumaguta evashandi eSeville nepfuti. Vazhinji vevaFalangists vaive ve , sangano revaridzi venyika veSeville iro raakava purezidhendi waro muma1940. Musi waAugust 8, achitungamirira bhatiri rechi9 rechitatu regiment yechiedza, akabatana nemutungamiriri asina tsitsi Antonio Castejón Espinosa. Alarcón de la Lastra akatungamirira zvombo zvaipfura zvombo zvaipfura zvombo mumaguta sechikamu chokufambira mberi kwevaNationalist; kubhomba kubva mudenga kwakashandiswawo. Apo kurwisana nokuputika kwaiva kwakasimba kwakateverwa nokushandiswa kwamatehwe evanhu, asi mumamiriro ezvinhu ose kushungurudzwa nokuuraya kwakanga kwakanyanyisa. Alarcón de la Lastra akabva apinda mune zvese zviitiko pakufamba kuenda kuMadrid, kusanganisira Hondo yeBadajozuye kubatwa kweToledo. Kufambira mberi uku kwakazoitwa pasi pehutungamiriri hwaJuan Yagüe anozivikanwa sa Butcher weBadajoz mushure mekuponda ikoko kwakatevera, ane mauto akabatana neNationalists kubva kuCeuta. Musi waNovember 19, akakuvadzwa kaviri pamberi pebhatiri rake. Pashure pacho akaramba ari pamberi kana kuti ari mutariri wezvombo sezvakaitwa muTeruel muuto reGalician. Muna 1937, akatanga kukwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru ndokuzova lieutenant-colonel. Pakupera kwa1937, akanga ari mutungamiriri weMasoja eMoroccan Army Corps. 