Etelvino Vega
Etelvino Vega Martínez (1906–1939) was a Spanish politician and military officer.

Life
In 1931, he was a member of the central committee of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). In 1932, after the failed coup of Sanjurjo, he supported the government of the Second Spanish Republic against the will of the Comintern (he launched the slogan “Defence of the Republic"). He and the other members of the central committee were expelled from the party. He lived for some time in the Soviet Union and later he came back to Spain.

After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he fought with the Fifth Regiment in the Somosierra front and later in the Popular Army in the Battle of Guadalajara. After that, he led the 34th division of Heredia’s 18th Army Corps in the Battle of Teruel and the 12th Army Corps in the Battle of Ebro. In March 1939, he was appointed military commander of Alicante, but during Casado’s coup on 6 March he was arrested by the supporters of Casado. After the end of the war, he was captured by the Nationalists at the Port of Alicante, then he was confined in Los Almendros concentration camp and Albatera concentration camp, and finally executed in November 1939. He left his handkerchief to one of his cellmates, asking him a last favour: "It's all I have, you give it to my wife."

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References
Beevor, Antony. (2006). The battle for Spain. The Spanish civil war, 1936–1939. Penguin Books. London. .
 
Thomas, Hugh. (2001). The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. .

1906 births
1939 deaths
Spanish army officers
Spanish communists
Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction)
Communists executed by Francoist Spain
Executed Spanish people
Executed military leaders
Prisoners of war held by Spain