The dramatic story also camouflages the fact that 100 left-wing hostages, including women and children, taken into the Alcázar at the beginning of the siege "were never heard of again Beevor, p122".
The dramatic story also camouflages the fact that the fate of a number of male hostages from the left wing Guarda Civil taken into the Alcázar at the beginning of the siege is unclear. Some sources say the men "were never heard of again Beevor, p122".