February 23, 1981. The Guardia Civil, under Colonel Antonio Tejero, take over the Spanish Parliament and hold the members hostage for hours, waiting for the arrival of a “higher military authority”. The man who doesn’t dive for cover when the Tejero orders everyone to get on the floor and starts shooting is Adolfo Suárez, the Prime Minister who had just resigned. The older man confronting the police is General Gutiérrez Mellado, Deputy Prime Minister. The third member of parliament who refused to fall on the floor was Santiago Carrillo, leader of the Spanish Communist Party.