last rebel radio message was sent at 12:40 PM and soon afterwards some 300 Guardias Civiles surrendered, while civilian volunteers tried to escape on their own. Martínez Morena was shot in unclear circumstances; according to some sources he was killed already as POW, on his way to prison. Approximately at the same time also Villarrobledo was overrun by the Toledo province militias; the rebel alcalde was killed while most of the Falangist defenders were dispersed. July 26, Sunday The remaining small pockets of rebellion were seized by the loyalists; they included Pozo Cañada, Alborea, Yeste, Balazote, La Gineta and Mahora. In some of them, e.g. in Alborea, the worker militias apprehended the rebels, in others the insurgents managed to flee. By the end of July 26. the province was entirely in governmental control and communication on the Madrid – Cartagena railway line was fully restored. Epilogue General Miaja arrived in Albacete from Madrid on July 28; during his brief stay he tried to organize heterogeneous uniformed units in the province into a shock column capable of assaulting Córdoba. The victorious loyalists launched a repressive campaign against the actual and perceived rebels; it climaxed in prison sacas of September 22, 1936, where 56 inmates were killed. Some of the Guardia Civil insurgents taken prisoner were later incorporated into the Republican ranks and fought against the Nationalists. In mid-October 1936 the first International Brigades volunteers started to arrive in Albacete, which soon turned into the principal interbrigadista base. Virgilio Martínez was reinstated as alcalde of Albacete and served until February 1937; he was arrested by the Nationalists, trialed and executed in November 1939. Eleazar Huerta Valcárcel was reinstated as president of the provincial deputation and since February 1937 served as alcalde. He died on exile in Chile in 1974. Manuel Pomares was reinstated as civil governor but released in August 1936. He died on exile in Mexico in 1972. Vicente Sol served during the war as general director of prisons; on exile he formed part of the Albornoz government and died in Chile in 1953. José Balibrea served in the Army of Levante staff; he died in Spain in 1970. Rufin Bañon was sentenced by the Francoist court to 30 years in prison; he was released in 1946 and died in Hellín in 1992. Alfonso Cirujeda was detained in Madrid on August 8, 1936 and executed in one of the November 1936