Immediately the rebels , with a direct participation of the '' Requetés '' and the clergy ( the Carlist core in Navarre ) , engaged in a brutal repression to stamp out dissent that affected all inconvenient , mildly progressive , or Basque nationalist inhabitants and personalities . The killing in the rearguard took a direct death toll ( extrajudicial executions ) ranging from 2,857 to 3,000 to circa 4,000 . A bleak scene of social humiliation and submission ensued for those surviving
A bleak scene
White Terror (Spain)
Carlism