Manuel Uribarri Barutell (25 May 1896,

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–23 November 1962,

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) was a Republican soldier of the Spanish Civil War. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was a captain of the

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. He led a column which left Valencia to capture the Balearic Islands for the Republicans, and took part in the capture of

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and

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. He then took part in the

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. He was made head of the Servicio de Información Militar, the Republican secret service. In 1938 left for France, declaring irreconcilable differences with

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, the Republican president. During the 1950s he tried to organise Republican exiles in Cuba, but was accused by other Republicans of desertion and misappropriation of funds.Domingo p. 256 He died in exile in Mexico.

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Sources

*Domingo, Jorge (2009). El exilio republicano español en Cuba. Siglo XXI de España Editores. (Spanish) . *Mainar Cabanes, Eladi (1998). De milicians a soldats: les columnes valencianes en la Guerra Civil (Catalan). Valencia: Universidad de Valencia. . *Pagès, Pelai (2007). La guerra civil als Països Catalans, 1936- 1939 (Catalan). Valencia: Universidad de Valencia. . *Viñas, Ángel (2008). El honor de la República: entre el acoso fascista, la hostilidad británica y la política de Stalin. Crítica. (Spanish) . {{DEFAULTSORT:Uribarri, Manuel 1896 births 1962 deaths Spanish military personnel of the Spanish Civil War (Republican faction) Civil Guard (Spain) People from Burjassot