The military commander of the district, general Miguel Cabanellas Ferrer, admitted the Carlists and the Falangists to the garrison premises while at the same time convinced the civil governor of his loyalty and persuaded him that the workers' should not be armed.
The military commander of the district, general Miguel Cabanellas Ferrer, though renown for republican and Masonic sympathies, participated in the conspiracy. He admitted the Carlists and the Falangists to the garrison premises while at the same time convinced the civil governor of his loyalty and persuaded him that for the sake of public order, the workers' should not be armed.