{"id":5276,"date":"2024-10-16T07:04:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T07:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2024-12-03T08:25:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T08:25:47","slug":"historia-de-la-guardia-civil-en-vera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/2024\/10\/16\/historia-de-la-guardia-civil-en-vera\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORIA DE LA GUARDIA CIVIL EN VERA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Excelente y exclusivo art\u00edculo de investigaci\u00f3n sobre la Historia de la Guardia Civil en la Ciudad de Vera, por Gabriel Flores Garrido, Cronista Oficial de Vera (Almer\u00eda). Includes English version at the end (elaborada por Francisco Javier Mart\u00ednez Castro).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/13vida-vera-vvisiedo-07-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5263\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/13vida-vera-vvisiedo-07-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/13vida-vera-vvisiedo-07-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/13vida-vera-vvisiedo-07-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/13vida-vera-vvisiedo-07-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/13vida-vera-vvisiedo-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/13vida-vera-vvisiedo-07-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Gabriel Flores Garrido<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Cronista Oficial de Vera<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>LO ESCRITO CON MAY\u00daSCULAS SON FRAGMENTOS TEXTUALES DEL ORIGINAL<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>====================================================================== <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>LLEGADA Y PRESENCIA DE LA GUARDIA CIVIL EN VERA <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>(I)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El 12 de octubre es el gran d\u00eda de Espa\u00f1a al confluir en \u00e9l tres importantes conmemoraciones: la Fiesta Nacional, que une a todos los espa\u00f1oles; el d\u00eda de la Hispanidad, punto en el que coincidimos casi 600 millones de hispanoparlantes con sentimientos comunes y la celebraci\u00f3n de la Virgen del Pilar, Patrona del glorioso cuerpo de la Guardia Civil, siempre disponible para la ayuda, siempre dispuesta al sacrificio. No hay, por tanto, a mi entender, un d\u00eda con mayor y m\u00e1s amplio significado para los espa\u00f1oles en general y para la Guardia Civil en particular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Celebraciones tan transcendentes me han hecho pensar que no hay momento mejor que este para dejar constancia de la estancia en Vera de la Guardia Civil: de su llegada, de su trabajo en la ciudad y de sus cuitas, que tambi\u00e9n las ha habido, y que tambi\u00e9n narraremos, porque todos los hechos son historia y todos forman parte de ella.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Soy consciente de que, hace ya cinco a\u00f1os, narr\u00e9 una breve historia sobre la Guardia Civil que hoy, desde mi puesto de \u201ccronista oficial de Vera\u201d que nuestro Concejo tuvo a bien otorgarme, me complace volver a dejar reflejada con nuevos datos surgidos de nuestro rico Archivo Municipal y me produce una mayor satisfacci\u00f3n al \u201coficializar\u201d lo ya contado hace un quinquenio. Pienso tambi\u00e9n en los que en aquel momento a\u00fan no ten\u00edan destino en nuestra ciudad y, tal vez, les gustar\u00eda conocer como fueron aquellos a\u00f1os de estancia en Vera vistos desde la perspectiva que dan casi 200 a\u00f1os de lejan\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">As\u00ed que, para los que en 2019, a\u00f1o de mi primera publicaci\u00f3n, no nos acompa\u00f1aban todav\u00eda y desconocen lo narrado entonces; para los que en ese a\u00f1o ya estaban en Vera, pero no recuerdan lo le\u00eddo y para los que contin\u00faen estableci\u00e9ndose en esta ciudad, en la que siempre ser\u00e1n recibidos con la admiraci\u00f3n y el respeto que merecen, vaya esta peque\u00f1a historia de una convivencia que siempre ha sido cordial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">La Guardia Civil, creada el 28 de marzo de 1844 por el II duque de Ahumada, se estableci\u00f3 en Vera unos a\u00f1os m\u00e1s tarde al estar documentada su presencia en nuestra ciudad desde 1852, donde estableci\u00f3 su centro de operaciones bajo el mando de un sargento. Hasta entonces el orden p\u00fablico, la persecuci\u00f3n de delincuentes y el apresamiento de contrabandistas (pr\u00e1ctica muy frecuente en la \u00e9poca) era responsabilidad del Batall\u00f3n de Guardias espa\u00f1oles, como se deja constancia en un acta capitular del 16 de enero de 1823, en la que se dice que \u201cTENIENDO PRESENTE QUE EN ESTA CIUDAD EXISTE EL 2\u00ba SARGENTO DEL EXTINGUIDO BATALL\u00d3N DE GUARDIAS ESPA\u00d1OLES\u2026\u201d ; disuelto este en 1825, se nombra un subinspector de polic\u00eda que se ocupar\u00eda, al mando de algunos efectivos, de la seguridad de Vera y su jurisdicci\u00f3n. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Han de transcurrir 27 a\u00f1os para que la Guardia Civil se establezca en nuestra ciudad, aunque su estancia es breve como podemos comprobar en las palabras pronunciadas en 1869 por el alcalde, Salvador Gonz\u00e1lez Gerez. Ese a\u00f1o, por las calles de Vera las algaradas callejeras son frecuentes y se vive una acusada inseguridad que obliga a la primera autoridad municipal a solicitar a m\u00e1s altas instancias \u201cSE DIGNE CONCEDER AUTORIZACI\u00d3N PARA ORGANIZAR Y ARMAR UNA COMPA\u00d1\u00cdA DE VOLUNTARIOS, FUND\u00c1NDOLA EN LA MALA INTERPRETACI\u00d3N QUE POR MUCHOS SE DA A LA OMN\u00cdMODA LIBERTAD QUE SE DISFRUTA\u201d. Hac\u00eda referencia el alcalde a la ca\u00edda de Isabel II y a la llamada revoluci\u00f3n de 1868, que tuvo en Vera una considerable repercusi\u00f3n, considerando \u201comn\u00edmoda libertad\u201d, como se refleja en un acta capitular de ese a\u00f1o, a la actitud de la Junta Revolucionaria presidida por Pascual Madoz. Esa petici\u00f3n, afortunadamente, no fue concedida porque habr\u00eda convertido las calles en aut\u00e9nticos campos de batalla: carlistas e isabelinos; liberales y absolutistas, que todav\u00eda manten\u00edan, todos, sus tendencias pol\u00edticas, y no de una manera moderada, y mucho menos contenida. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El alcalde Gonz\u00e1lez Gerez mostraba una permanente preocupaci\u00f3n y, para reforzar su propuesta de la formaci\u00f3n de \u201cpatrullas callejeras\u201d, argumentaba que era \u201cPOR LA FALTA DE LA GUARDIA CIVIL Y CARABINEROS QUE EN ELLA HAB\u00cdA\u201d. La creaci\u00f3n de esas patrullas, posiblemente, habr\u00eda ocasionado un desorden dif\u00edcil de controlar al aflorar odios, venganzas y persecuciones incontroladas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">La Guardia Civil vuelve a establecerse en Vera, pero el pago del alquiler del inmueble que ocupaban provoca algunas desavenencias con el Concejo el 7 de enero de 1877. El Ayuntamiento lamenta que \u201cEL CUERPO DE LA GUARDIA CIVIL NO QUIERA ABONAR, POR RAZ\u00d3N DE ALQUILER DE LA CASA CUARTEL, QUE OCUPA, M\u00c1S DE TRES REALES DIARIOS\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El Ayuntamiento trata de llegar a un acuerdo con el due\u00f1o de la vivienda que no le resulte gravoso y sea m\u00e1s asequible para las arcas municipales; pero este no cede en su deseo de cobrar cinco reales y el Consistorio, que, como casi siempre, tiene sus arcas vac\u00edas, teme volver a perder la presencia en la ciudad del Instituto Armado que tan necesario era y tanta seguridad ofrec\u00eda a los veratenses. Los regidores municipales acuerdan hacer un esfuerzo y, a pesar de su escasa tesorer\u00eda, deciden pagar los dos reales de diferencia entre lo que ped\u00eda el arrendatario y el arrendador estaba dispuesto a pagar, que, adem\u00e1s, deb\u00eda abonar el tiempo transcurrido desde el 1 de diciembre del a\u00f1o anterior, por haber sido esa la fecha de la firma del contrato. Francisco Soler Soler, propietario del inmueble se mostraba inflexible en las condiciones: precio y fechas eran innegociables para \u00e9l.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Un a\u00f1o m\u00e1s tarde abandonan la vivienda de Francisco Soler para establecerse en una propiedad de Antonio Canga Arg\u00fcelles, que reun\u00eda mejores condiciones, a quien deb\u00edan pagar siete reales diarios, obligaci\u00f3n atendida por el Consistorio; esta vez s\u00ed, con la ayuda de la Instituci\u00f3n de la Guardia Civil, para aliviar al Concejo de semejante carga econ\u00f3mica. Ayuntamiento y Guardia Civil hab\u00edan limado asperezas y ambas partes aceptaban el pago compartido.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El cuartel que acog\u00eda a la instituci\u00f3n armada va cambiando con frecuencia de ubicaci\u00f3n, la mayor\u00eda de las veces por las malas condiciones que reun\u00edan los inmuebles donde se establec\u00edan o por la falta de espacio para acoger todas las dependencias necesarias; ello lleva al alcalde, Bartolom\u00e9 Garc\u00eda de Haro, a firmar un nuevo contrato de arrendamiento el 1 de octubre de 1894, en esta ocasi\u00f3n con Mar\u00eda Antonia Garc\u00eda Mi\u00f1arro, quedando la casa-cuartel establecida en la calle Nueva, algo que confieso nunca hab\u00eda o\u00eddo y dato del que ten\u00eda absoluto desconocimiento. Se acuerda un precio de 1,25 pesetas diarias, aunque se estipula en una cl\u00e1usula que en 1895 el alquiler ascender\u00eda a 1,50 pesetas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Las guerras que Espa\u00f1a mantuvo con Cuba y Filipinas en 1898 fueron demoledoras para un pa\u00eds que llevaba d\u00e9cadas viviendo la decadencia de un imperio insostenible y que empezaba a ser un anacronismo social y pol\u00edtico que consum\u00eda los escasos recursos de un pa\u00eds empobrecido<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Si esa situaci\u00f3n de permanente carest\u00eda de las necesidades m\u00e1s elementales la trasladamos a una regi\u00f3n como la nuestra, tradicionalmente empobrecida en aquellos a\u00f1os, nos lleva a una nueva fricci\u00f3n entre las partes, y de nuevo, como no, por un asunto econ\u00f3mico: el 23 de diciembre de 1901, el alcalde, Francisco Ferrer Ballesteros, a instancias del procurador s\u00edndico del Concejo se niega a obedecer una petici\u00f3n del gobernador civil que este basaba \u201cEN LOS IMPORTANTES SERVICIOS QUE PRESTA EL CUERPO DE LA GUARDIA CIVIL\u201d. La petici\u00f3n gubernativa consist\u00eda en la \u201cEXENCI\u00d3N DEL PAGO DE CONSUMOS A LA FUERZA DE ESE PUESTO\u201d. El \u201cpago de consumos\u201d era un impuesto que gravaba la compraventa de todos los art\u00edculos de primera necesidad y que deb\u00eda ser atendido por el comprador. El procurador s\u00edndico tem\u00eda que si exim\u00eda a alguien de su pago, los vecinos exigieran un trato igual al solicitado por el gobernador civil, lo que hac\u00eda imposible su concesi\u00f3n. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">La situaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica no era buena para nadie y la Guardia Civil tambi\u00e9n sufr\u00eda las carencias del momento por lo que el gobernador civil insiste en que queden exentos del impuesto mencionado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Cuartel-antigua.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5284\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Cuartel-antigua-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Cuartel-antigua-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Cuartel-antigua-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Cuartel-antigua-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Cuartel-antigua.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>LLEGADA Y PRESENCIA DE LA GUARDIA CIVIL EN VERA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>(II) <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Ya concluimos que terminando el XIX los apuros econ\u00f3micos para atender pagos primordiales como el alquiler de la casa-cuartel, y la negativa del Consistorio a eximir a los guardias de la liquidaci\u00f3n de determinados impuestos era una decisi\u00f3n imposible por la desigualdad que se originar\u00eda respecto al resto del vecindario: la escasez, cuando no la indigencia, era lo habitual en cualquier hogar y en cualquier sector de la econom\u00eda, que se reduc\u00eda a la agricultura y ganader\u00eda, adem\u00e1s de las menesterosas industrias del esparto y la alfarer\u00eda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">No obstante y, a pesar de la insistencia en la dispensa impositiva, fue el procurador s\u00edndico Jos\u00e9 Cervantes Caparr\u00f3s quien interviene en una sesi\u00f3n capitular en defensa de los derechos de la ciudad y hace una exposici\u00f3n de su postura en esa l\u00ednea, no sin matizar que pese a \u201cRECONOCER LOS M\u00c9RITOS DEL CUERPO Y LOS GRANDES SERVICIOS QUE A LA PATRIA PRESTA EN MOMENTOS DIF\u00cdCILES\u2026\u201d no ve oportuno acceder a lo solicitado porque ese precedente ocasionar\u00eda otras peticiones que podr\u00edan provocar abusos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Por otra parte, el Ayuntamiento no se pod\u00eda permitir dejar de recaudar un ingreso que era vital para sus arcas, adem\u00e1s de que al estar arrendado el cobro del impuesto, no solo se dejar\u00eda de percibir este, sino que habr\u00eda que pagar al arrendador la comisi\u00f3n de la parte no percibida. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El Concejo en general y el alcalde en particular se encontraban en un situaci\u00f3n comprometida por la jerarqu\u00eda de la autoridad solicitante (gobernador civil) y por la instituci\u00f3n para la que se hac\u00eda la petici\u00f3n (guardia civil), a quien siempre se le quiso dispensar un trato preferencial; pero, en esta ocasi\u00f3n, la situaci\u00f3n era muy desfavorable para acceder a la demanda cursada. As\u00ed pues, analizados los pros y los contras, el alcalde, Francisco Ferrer Ballesteros, no teme las posibles consecuencias y da por respuesta un no rotundo al gobernador civil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El Concejo no pod\u00eda dar otra respuesta. Sus cuentas se debat\u00edan entre la indigencia y la quiebra al ser las obligaciones de pago muy superiores a la posibilidad de recaudar ingresos que equilibraran las cuentas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">La delicada situaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica llega al punto de iniciar el cobro de recaudaciones pendientes por v\u00eda de apremio y se suspende el pago a proveedores, especialmente a los de importe menos elevados.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El Ayuntamiento llega incluso a advertir a los familiares de fallecidos que ocupaban nichos en el cementerio que, de no abonar las tasas estipuladas, los restos que los ocupaban ir\u00edan a parar a una fosa com\u00fan en el plazo m\u00e1ximo de 15 d\u00edas. Ante esta angustiosa situaci\u00f3n no pod\u00eda quedar ni una peseta en el camino de la tesorer\u00eda municipal. Todo esto fue determinante para que la Guardia Civil tuviera que seguir pagando el impuesto del que ya hemos tratado.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El 29 de julio de 1907, el cuartel sufri\u00f3 otro cambio de ubicaci\u00f3n, y ahora con quien se disputa por un asunto tan frecuente como el pago del alquiler del inmueble es con Felipa de Segovia y Valle, a la que se le adeudaban varios meses; esta exige que por estar el contrato vencido dejen libre la parte de la casa que le pertenec\u00eda, puesto que era una propiedad compartida. El Ayuntamiento accede a atender, con preferencia, el pago que lo obligaba con Felipa de Segovia, pero esta no cede en su intenci\u00f3n y obliga al Ayuntamiento a buscar otro edificio que re\u00fana condiciones para acoger las dependencias del cuartel, ya que el plazo para abandonar el actual qued\u00f3 fijado en el 15 de agosto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Por si los problemas administrativos y de espacio no fueran suficientes, el 16 de junio de 1932, con motivo de una huelga que moviliza a gran parte de los obreros de Vera, se realiza un pago extraordinario por el alojamiento de fuerzas de la Guardia Civil \u201cQUE SE CONCENTRARON EN VERA CON MOTIVO DE LA \u00daLTIMA HUELGA\u201d, lo que nos revela que se produjeron m\u00e1s reivindicaciones y revueltas por la falta de trabajo en Vera y la escasez de medios para proporcionar alimento a los jornaleros y a sus familias.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Vera, y el pa\u00eds en general, viv\u00eda una situaci\u00f3n de desempleo insostenible. El Ayuntamiento intenta parar las revueltas con una aportaci\u00f3n de 5.480 pesetas para arreglo de calles y reparaci\u00f3n de aceras, escasa aportaci\u00f3n para solucionar un problema que ya no era de necesidad, sino de hambre. Por ser una ciudad industrial, la huelga tuvo una espacial repercusi\u00f3n en Cartagena, proyectando sus consecuencias hasta Vera, donde qued\u00f3 un poso que volvi\u00f3 a brotar en marzo de 1933 provocando un nuevo desplazamiento a nuestra ciudad de fuerzas de la Guardia Civil, cuyo destacamento entonces estaba bajo las \u00f3rdenes de un alf\u00e9rez al haber aumentado el n\u00famero de efectivos. En esta ocasi\u00f3n las fuerzas enviadas a Vera ven\u00edan acompa\u00f1ando a un delegado del gobierno para evitar disturbios como los que se hab\u00edan producido un a\u00f1o antes,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El 10 de abril del ya mencionado a\u00f1o de 1933, debido a la situaci\u00f3n de gran agitaci\u00f3n social que se estaba viviendo y, para agilizar la comunicaci\u00f3n entre los distintos estamentos provinciales, el Ayuntamiento recibe una orden del Gobierno Civil para instalar un tel\u00e9fono en el cuartel que facilitara la comunicaci\u00f3n inmediata con sus superiores a la hora de la toma de decisiones en una situaci\u00f3n de gran agitaci\u00f3n social y laboral. El Ayuntamiento acepta lo solicitado y se muestra dispuesto, como demanda el gobernador civil, a atender el pago de los gastos que ocasione, aunque pide que \u201cTENIENDO EN CUENTA LA FALTA DE CONSIGNACI\u00d3N EN EL PRESUPUESTO PARA ATENDER ESTE SERVICIO Y LA DIF\u00cdCIL SITUACI\u00d3N ECON\u00d3MIA SE APLACE PARA CUANDO EXISTAN POSIBILIDADES PRESUPUESTARIAS\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El Ayuntamiento, con el alcalde Francisco Mart\u00edn Prieto a la cabeza, se niega a su instalaci\u00f3n, pese a lo ordenado por el inspector general de la Guardia Civil, argumentando, una vez m\u00e1s, la falta de partida presupuestaria para ese gasto. La resistencia a la oposici\u00f3n de instalar el tel\u00e9fono no fue muy duradera, porque en diciembre de ese mismo a\u00f1o de 1933, figura un pago en las cuentas municipales en concepto de factura telef\u00f3nica del cuartel que asciende a 13,50 pesetas, repiti\u00e9ndose mensualmente un gasto del mismo importe. Si se me permite una peque\u00f1a broma, \u201cen 1933 ya se hab\u00eda inventado la tarifa plana\u201d, puesto que el importe no variaba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">En este mismo a\u00f1o de 1933 llega otra petici\u00f3n del alf\u00e9rez, jefe del puesto, que siguiendo \u00f3rdenes de la superioridad solicita se habilite un local para acoger a tres nuevos guardias, dos de ellos de caballer\u00eda, que hab\u00edan sido asignados a Vera por ser Cabecera de Comarca. La petici\u00f3n, adem\u00e1s de alojamiento para los nuevos guardias, inclu\u00eda una cuadra que compondr\u00eda el nuevo destacamento de la Guardia Civil que ten\u00edan previsto se incrementara. El Ayuntamiento no puede permitirse un nuevo gasto y pide al due\u00f1o del edificio que ocupaba el cuartel que realice las obras necesarias para aportar una soluci\u00f3n a las nuevas demandas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Las noticias de la revoluci\u00f3n de Asturias de 1934 llegan a Vera y el ambiente social vuelve a estallar en nuestra ciudad lo que obliga al Alf\u00e9rez Jefe de la unidad a pedir refuerzos, petici\u00f3n que es atendida con el env\u00edo de 10 guardias que crean un nuevo problema, aunque ya era \u201cviejo\u201d, al tratarse del pago del alojamiento y manutenci\u00f3n de los guardias. El tumulto y las disputas se van incrementando hasta obligar a las autoridades a enviar a 90 guardias, que fue el n\u00famero de camas que el Ayuntamiento hubo de pagar el 19 de noviembre de 1934 y cuyo importe ascendi\u00f3 a 148 pesetas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Los tres a\u00f1os de la Guerra Civil, supusieron un par\u00e9ntesis en la relaci\u00f3n Vera-Guardia Civil ya que durante ese per\u00edodo la vigilancia urbana estuvo a cargo de los Guardias de Asalto, al menos eso es lo que se deduce de la lectura de documentos y actas capitulares conservadas en nuestro Archivo Municipal. Durante ese per\u00edodo las actas capitulares son escuetas y ambiguas, no se extienden en explicaciones y no nos dan a conocer cuando la Guardia Civil abandona el servicio en Vera para hacerse cargo de \u00e9l la \u201cGuardia de Asalto\u201d, ni se dan fechas ni motivos o detalles del cambio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CCI01012002_00368-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5283\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CCI01012002_00368-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CCI01012002_00368-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CCI01012002_00368-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CCI01012002_00368-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CCI01012002_00368-1536x1009.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CCI01012002_00368-2048x1345.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>LLEGADA Y ESTANCIA DE LA GUARDIA CIVIL EN VERA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>(III)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">La Guardia Civil vuelve a Vera el 15 de mayo de 1939, y un a\u00f1o m\u00e1s tarde, con motivo de la ampliaci\u00f3n de los efectivos destinados a la ciudad, el coronel del 8\u00ba Tercio, con base en Granada, pide al Ayuntamiento que procure a los nuevos guardias destinados en Vera \u201cALOJAMIENTO HIGI\u00c9NICO Y DECOROSO\u201d. Las sucesivas necesidades de tener cubierto el alojamiento de la Guardia Civil y la petici\u00f3n realizada por el coronel, obligan a ratificar el proyecto, realizado por el arquitecto Claudio Mart\u00ednez, que desde 1935 estaba en estudio. Por primera vez se considera la urgencia de una construcci\u00f3n que re\u00fana todas las condiciones. El Ayuntamiento se muestra dispuesto a vender propiedades municipales para aplicar el importe recaudado al deseado edificio; dos meses m\u00e1s tarde se compromete a atender el pago del 20% del importe total presupuestado. Las autoridades municipales tratan de convencer al gobierno de la conveniencia de iniciar unas obras, que, adem\u00e1s, paliar\u00edan la falta de trabajo que acosaba seriamente a las familias de Vera y que, solo unos meses antes, hab\u00eda provocado graves disturbios. Todo lo apuntado, hace que el Ayuntamiento vea una gran oportunidad cuando el 14 de febrero de 1941 se da cuenta en el pleno municipal que el Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda facilitar\u00e1 los fondos necesarios para la construcci\u00f3n de cuarteles destinaos a la Guardia Civil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El Instituto entregaba un pr\u00e9stamo del 90% del presupuesto para su construcci\u00f3n, a un inter\u00e9s del 4%, sobre la mitad del importe concedido, quedando el resto libre de cargos de cualquier tipo. El Consistorio muestra buena disposici\u00f3n para aceptar las condiciones, pero antes quiere hacer un estudio de la viabilidad del proyecto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Una vez estudiadas, no debieron de considerarse factibles porque no vuelve a tratarse en sesi\u00f3n plenaria, y ning\u00fan regidor retoma la propuesta; se abandona y no vuelve a someterse a estudio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Cada vez es m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil encontrar un inmueble que cumpla con lo demandado. La guerra civil ha causado da\u00f1os, muchas familias han abandonado Vera y sus viviendas quedan en estado de abandono y casi en ruinas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Al mismo tiempo que se busca alojamiento para los guardias, se proporciona una vivienda, en r\u00e9gimen de alquiler por 70 pesetas mensuales, propiedad de Ana de Madariaga y Orozco en la actual calle del Mar, para el jefe del destacamento, puesto que ya era ocupado por un teniente. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">El 27 de agosto de 1943, las dependencias que hacen la funci\u00f3n de cuartel han empeorado y su estado de deterioro es muy evidente, haci\u00e9ndose necesarias unas reparaciones que nunca son bien aceptadas por los due\u00f1os del inmueble; en este caso las mejoras son imprescindibles porque en el plazo de un mes se debe alojar a varios guardias que se desplazan a Vera en labores de control y vigilancia. Las obras no son realizadas en el plazo estipulado y deben ser acogidos en una pensi\u00f3n, por la que se atiende un pago de 322 pesetas. Es curioso, que reci\u00e9n acabada la guerra, fuera necesaria todos los a\u00f1os la presencia de refuerzos de la Guardia Civil para labores de vigilancia durante los d\u00edas de feria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">A pesar de la escasez de medios, el Ayuntamiento se esfuerza por facilitar todas las peticiones al considerar que la presencia de este cuerpo armado daba prestigio a la ciudad, y por la seguridad que su presencia proporcionaba a vecinos y autoridades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Por fin, en julio de 1944, se puso en conocimiento de la alcald\u00eda que la Direcci\u00f3n General de la Guardia Civil hab\u00eda dado instrucciones para la construcci\u00f3n de un cuartel en propiedad que acogiera a los guardias, pese a todo ello, la orden de la Direcci\u00f3n General queda aletargada hasta que el Ayuntamiento se plantea en 1949 dar cumplimiento a las instrucciones recibidas cinco a\u00f1os antes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Vera considera imprescindible la presencia de la Guardia Civil y la necesidad de esa presencia queda patente una vez m\u00e1s cuando el 12 de diciembre de 1945 se produce en Vera un incendio de considerables dimensiones que afecta a un comercio, aunque no se menciona el establecimiento ni la calle donde estaba. En el acta de ese d\u00eda se recogen los elogios recibidos por el teniente que estaba al mando, por su labor y valent\u00eda a la hora de sofocarlo poniendo en riesgo su vida. El Ayuntamiento propone al teniente coronel le sean reconocidos los m\u00e9ritos con una merecida condecoraci\u00f3n. Con motivo del siniestro, el Consistorio abre una suscripci\u00f3n con 200 pesetas para gratificar a las personas que colaboraron en apagarlo, evitando que se propagara a las viviendas colindantes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Misa-en-Cuartel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5285\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Misa-en-Cuartel-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Misa-en-Cuartel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Misa-en-Cuartel-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Misa-en-Cuartel-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Misa-en-Cuartel-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.vera.es\/cultura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/Misa-en-Cuartel.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>LLEGADA Y ESTANCIA DE LA GUADIA CIVIL EN VERA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>(IV)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium\">Debido a los constantes traslados del acuartelamiento, en julio de 1944 se notifica al Pleno Municipal que el mes anterior, el Teniente Jefe del Destacamento de Vera, puso en conocimiento de la alcald\u00eda que el Director General de la Guardia Civil hab\u00eda dado instrucciones para la construcci\u00f3n de un cuartel que acogiera a los guardias sin necesidad de depender del estado del edificio que ocupaban o de la necesidad de disponer de este por parte de su propietario. En esta ocasi\u00f3n la queja no es solo por una cuesti\u00f3n de comodidad, tambi\u00e9n lo es por seguridad. No obstante, pese a la necesidad de dar una soluci\u00f3n definitiva a un problema que, por su frecuencia, hab\u00eda dejado de ser puntual para convertirse en permanente, la petici\u00f3n gubernativa queda aletargada hasta que el Ayuntamiento se plantea en 1949 dar cumplimiento a las instrucciones recibidas cinco a\u00f1os antes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium\">Se plantea la posibilidad de un acuerdo con el Instituto Nacional de la Vivienda para incluir en el cuartel las viviendas de los guardias acogi\u00e9ndose a una ley de abril de 1939. Se env\u00eda una instancia e informe a la Direcci\u00f3n General de la Guardia Civil para que esta se ocupe de elaborar el proyecto y ejecutarlo; a cambio, el municipio aportar\u00eda un solar adecuado y el 10% del importe presupuestado para su construcci\u00f3n. Todo parec\u00eda en v\u00edas de una soluci\u00f3n definitiva, sin embargo, esta no llegar\u00eda hasta casi diez a\u00f1os m\u00e1s tarde porque las dificultades surgen en mayor n\u00famero de lo esperado, empezando por la adquisici\u00f3n del solar y el acuerdo sobre el lugar id\u00f3neo para su construcci\u00f3n que comienzan a tratar en 1950 los mandos de la Guardia Civil y el alcalde de la Ciudad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium\">En esta situaci\u00f3n de estancamiento de las gestiones necesarias, se contempla la posibilidad de adquirir el solar del \u201cLlano del jud\u00edo\u201d y el llamado \u201cCortijo del ciego\u201d, ya derruido, para cederlo a la Direcci\u00f3n General de la Guardia Civil y construir el necesario y deseado cuartel. Una vez cerrada la compra en 6.000 pesetas, el Ayuntamiento, un mes despu\u00e9s, hace una cesi\u00f3n de 2.190 metros cuadrados, formaliz\u00e1ndose la escritura el 29 de agosto de 1951 por el Teniente de Alcalde, Francisco Gallardo L\u00f3pez, reserv\u00e1ndose el resto de la parcela para el municipio. El primer paso se hab\u00eda dado y el obst\u00e1culo inicial, la compra del solar, estaba vencido, pero seis meses m\u00e1s tarde el Consistorio toma conciencia de las dificultades que ten\u00eda para conseguir las m\u00e1s de 80.000 pesetas que deb\u00eda aportar a la construcci\u00f3n y del quebranto econ\u00f3mico que supondr\u00eda para las cuentas municipales un gasto de esa magnitud. A la vista de la situaci\u00f3n se decide\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #050505\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u201cHACER UNA DERRAMA SOBRE LA RIQUEZA DEL T\u00c9RMINO E INVITAR A LOS COMERCIANTES PARA QUE LA ACEPTEN\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium\">Iniciada la construcci\u00f3n del nuevo cuartel, en mayo de 1954, se contempla la posibilidad de adquirir la casa que la Guardia Civil hab\u00eda ocupado los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os para destinarla a alojamiento de la nueva compa\u00f1\u00eda destinada a Vera. La compra se har\u00eda con aportaciones voluntarias de personas de la Ciudad y si no se consegu\u00eda la cantidad necesaria, el Ayuntamiento destinar\u00eda los fondos con cargo al presupuesto del siguiente ejercicio hasta completar el importe de la compra. Para garant\u00eda de los que contribuyeran se emitir\u00edan acciones por valor de 100 pesetas cada una, con el fin de resarcirse de lo aportado con lo producido por la renta del edificio detrayendo los gastos de mantenimiento, recuperando lo invertido tras un sorteo anual en el que se fijaban las acciones a cuyos due\u00f1os les correspond\u00eda amortizarlas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium\">El 24 de junio de 1960 se comunica al pleno municipal la orden recibida del mando de la Guardia Civil para que se produzca el traslado al nuevo cuartel que estaba concluido y equipado con lo necesario. Se rescinde el contrato entre la Guardia Civil y el Ayuntamiento por el arrendamiento del edificio que hasta entonces ocupaba, proponiendo, en este mismo pleno el Alcalde, que sea destinado a alquiler de viviendas. Se entrega una bandera de Espa\u00f1a al nuevo acuartelamiento que es adquirida por suscripci\u00f3n popular que encabez\u00f3 el Ayuntamiento realizando una aportaci\u00f3n de 250 pesetas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium\">En 1961 se expone la intenci\u00f3n de construir cuatro nuevos pabellones en el cuartel para acoger un Destacamento de Tr\u00e1fico, que establecer\u00eda su base en Vera. Al no poder afrontar el Ayuntamiento un gasto tan elevado, por su sempiterna delicada situaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica, la idea se pospone, pero no se abandona, y en febrero en 1964 se retoma el proyecto que estaba contemplado para la llegada de 15 guardias civiles de tr\u00e1fico (los motorizados, como con admiraci\u00f3n dec\u00edamos los ni\u00f1os) a los que se les construir\u00eda viviendas, adem\u00e1s de las cocheras y talleres correspondientes. De nuevo la ilusi\u00f3n es mayor que la posibilidad de llevarlo a cabo y ha de permanecer otros tres a\u00f1os esperando su oportunidad, que llega el 10 de noviembre de 1967, cuando es retomada el ansiado proyecto para lo que, adem\u00e1s del solar que ya se hab\u00eda cedido con ese fin, se ofrece la participaci\u00f3n municipal en el costo de la obra con un 10% de la misma. Aunque en las actas capitulares no se hace un seguimiento de los trabajos realizados, sabemos que el 4 de octubre de 1969 ya est\u00e1 construido el nuevo pabell\u00f3n de tr\u00e1fico que tantos a\u00f1os hab\u00eda costado conseguir. El dato est\u00e1 recogido en la relaci\u00f3n que hace el Ayuntamiento del reparto de agua para los municipios cercanos de la potabilizadora construida por los gobiernos de Espa\u00f1a y Estados Unidos.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #050505\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium\">Desde los a\u00f1os 70 del pasado siglo hasta hoy, no se recogen en las actas noticias ni incidencias que podamos reflejar. Solo el homenaje a nivel nacional que Vera rindi\u00f3 al Cuerpo de la Guardia Civil en 1975 y el intento de trasladar la Capitan\u00eda de Vera a otra localidad merecen ser tratadas con detalle. Tal vez lo hagamos en alguna ocasi\u00f3n.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Hubo que esperar casi dos d\u00e9cadas para ver concluido un cuartel que luc\u00eda espl\u00e9ndido en la entrada a Vera, paro que hoy, despu\u00e9s de m\u00e1s de 60 a\u00f1os desde su finalizaci\u00f3n, se encuentra en un lamentable estado de deterioro a la espera de que a quien corresponda tome la decisi\u00f3n de construir el cuartel que Vera y los guardias en ella destinados merecen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"justify\">Gabriel Flores Garrido<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\" align=\"justify\">Cronista Oficial de Vera<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">==============================<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">LAS FOTOS QUE ILUSTRAN ESTA PUBLICACI\u00d3N HAN SIDO \u201cCOLGADAS\u201d EN LA P\u00c1GINA DE FACEBOOK \u201cNO ERES DE VERA SI\u2026\u201d, PERO AL DESCONOCER A LOS AUTORES Y PROPIETARIOS NO PUEDO AGRADECER SU APORTACION. VAYA, DESDE AQU\u00cd MI GRATITUD POR LA COLABORACI\u00d3N PRESTADA PARA HACER POSIBLE ESTE INFORME. <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<pre class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><b>HISTORY OF THE CIVIL GUARD (GUARDIA CIVIL) IN VERA<\/b><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Excellent and exclusive research article on the History of the Civil Guard in the City of Vera, by Gabriel Flores Garrido, Official Chronicler of Vera (Almer\u00eda).<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">WHAT IS WRITTEN IN CAPITAL LETTERS ARE TEXTUAL FRAGMENTS OF THE ORIGINAL<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>ARRIVAL AND PRESENCE OF THE CIVIL GUARD IN VERA (I)<\/b><\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">October 12 is Spain's big day, as it brings together three important commemorations: the National Day, which unites all Spaniards; the day of Hispanic Heritage, a point on which almost 600 million Spanish speakers share common feelings; and the celebration of the Virgin of Pilar, Patron Saint of the glorious Civil Guard, always available to help, always ready to sacrifice. Therefore, in my opinion, there is no day with a greater and broader meaning for Spaniards in general and for the Civil Guard in particular.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Such momentous celebrations have made me think that there is no better time than this to record the Civil Guard's stay in Vera: its arrival, its work in the city and its troubles, which there have also been, and which we will also narrate, because all the events are history and all are part of it.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">I am aware that, five years ago, I told a brief story about the Civil Guard that today, from my position as \u201cofficial chronicler of Vera\u201d that our Council was kind enough to grant me, I am pleased to once again reflect with new data from our rich Municipal Archive and it gives me greater satisfaction to \u201cmake official\u201d what was already told five years ago. I also think of those who at that time did not yet have a post in our city and, perhaps, would like to know what those years of stay in Vera were like seen from the perspective of almost 200 years of distance.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">So, for those who were not with us in 2019, the year of my first publication, and are unaware of what was told then; for those who were already in Vera that year, but do not remember what they read, and for those who continue to settle in this city, where they will always be received with the admiration and respect they deserve, here is this little story of a coexistence that has always been cordial.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The Civil Guard, created on March 28, 1844 by the 2nd Duke of Ahumada, was established in Vera a few years later, as its presence in our city was documented since 1852, where it established its operations center under the command of a sergeant. Until then, public order, the pursuit of criminals and the capture of smugglers (a very frequent practice at the time) was the responsibility of the Spanish Guards Battalion, as recorded in a chapter record of January 16, 1823, which states that \u201cBEARING IN MIND THAT IN THIS CITY THERE IS THE 2ND SERGEANT OF THE EXTINGUISHED BATTALION OF SPANISH GUARDS\u2026\u201d; this was dissolved in 1825, and a police sub-inspector was appointed who would be in charge, in command of some officers, of the security of Vera and its jurisdiction.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">It took 27 years for the Civil Guard to establish itself in our city, although its stay was brief as we can see from the words spoken in 1869 by the mayor, Salvador Gonz\u00e1lez Gerez. That year, street riots were frequent in the streets of Vera and there was a marked insecurity that forced the highest municipal authority to request from higher authorities \u201cIT IS DEIGNED TO GRANT AUTHORIZATION TO ORGANIZE AND ARM A COMPANY OF VOLUNTEERS, BASED ON THE MISINTERPRETATION THAT MANY GIVEN TO THE ALL-ROUND FREEDOM THAT IS ENJOYED\u201d. The mayor referred to the fall of Isabel II and the so-called revolution of 1868, which had a considerable impact in Vera, considering \u201call-round freedom\u201d, as reflected in a chapter record of that year, to the attitude of the Revolutionary Board presided by Pascual Madoz. Fortunately, this request was not granted because it would have turned the streets into real battlefields: Carlists and Isabelinos; liberals and absolutists, who all still maintained their political tendencies, and not in a moderate way, much less restrained.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Mayor Gonz\u00e1lez Gerez showed constant concern and, to reinforce his proposal for the formation of \u201cstreet patrols\u201d, argued that it was \u201cDUE TO THE LACK OF THE CIVIL GUARD AND CARABINEROS THAT WERE IN THERE\u201d. The creation of these patrols, possibly, would have caused a disorder that would be difficult to control by bringing out hatred, revenge and uncontrolled persecutions.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The Civil Guard reestablished itself in Vera, but the payment of rent for the property they occupied caused some disagreements with the Council on 7 January 1877. The Council regretted that \u201cTHE CIVIL GUARD CORPS DOES NOT WANT TO PAY, DUE TO THE RENT OF THE BARRACKS HOUSE, WHICH IT OCCUPYS, MORE THAN THREE REALES A DAY\u201d.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The City Council tries to reach an agreement with the owner of the house that is not burdensome and is more affordable for the municipal coffers; but the owner does not give in on his desire to collect five reales and the Council, which, as almost always, has its coffers empty, fears losing again the presence in the city of the Armed Institute that was so necessary and offered so much security to the people of Vera. The municipal councilors agree to make an effort and, despite their scarce treasury, decide to pay the two reales difference between what the tenant asked and what the landlord was willing to pay, who, in addition, had to pay the time elapsed since December 1 of the previous year, as that was the date of the signing of the contract. Francisco Soler Soler, owner of the property, was inflexible in the conditions: price and dates were non-negotiable for him.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">A year later they left Francisco Soler's house to settle in a property owned by Antonio Canga Arg\u00fcelles, which was in better condition, to whom they had to pay seven reales a day, an obligation met by the Council; this time, with the help of the Institution of the Civil Guard, to relieve the Council of such a financial burden. The Council and the Civil Guard had smoothed out differences and both parties agreed to share the payment.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The barracks that housed the armed institution frequently changed location, most often due to the poor condition of the buildings where they were established or the lack of space to accommodate all the necessary facilities. This led the mayor, Bartolom\u00e9 Garc\u00eda de Haro, to sign a new lease on October 1, 1894, this time with Mar\u00eda Antonia Garc\u00eda Mi\u00f1arro, leaving the barracks house established on Nueva Street, something I confess I had never heard of and a fact of which I was completely unaware. A price of 1.25 pesetas per day was agreed, although it was stipulated in a clause that in 1895 the rent would rise to 1.50 pesetas.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The wars that Spain had with Cuba and the Philippines in 1898 were devastating for a country that had been experiencing the decline of an unsustainable empire for decades and that was beginning to be a social and political anachronism that consumed the scarce resources of an impoverished country.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">If we transfer this situation of permanent scarcity of the most basic needs to a region like ours, traditionally impoverished in those years, it leads to a new friction between the parties, and again, of course, due to an economic issue: on December 23, 1901, the mayor, Francisco Ferrer Ballesteros, at the request of the attorney-syndic of the Council, refused to obey a request from the civil governor who based it \u201cON THE IMPORTANT SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CIVIL GUARD CORPS\u201d. The government request consisted of \u201cEXEMPTION FROM THE PAYMENT OF CONSUMPTIONS TO THE FORCE OF THAT POST\u201d. The \u201cpayment of consumption\u201d was a tax that taxed the purchase and sale of all basic necessities and that had to be paid by the buyer. The attorney-syndic feared that if he exempted someone from paying it, the neighbors would demand equal treatment to that requested by the civil governor, which made its concession impossible.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The economic situation was not good for anyone and the Civil Guard was also suffering from the shortages of the time, so the civil governor insisted that they be exempt from the aforementioned tax.<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>ARRIVAL AND PRESENCE OF THE CIVIL GUARD IN VERA (II)<\/b><\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">We have already concluded that at the end of the 19th century, the economic difficulties in meeting essential payments such as the rent of the barracks and the refusal of the City Council to exempt the guards from paying certain taxes was an impossible decision due to the inequality that would arise with respect to the rest of the neighbourhood: scarcity, if not poverty, was the norm in any home and in any sector of the economy, which was reduced to agriculture and livestock, in addition to the needy esparto grass and pottery industries.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">However, and despite the insistence on the tax exemption, it was the attorney-general Jos\u00e9 Cervantes Caparr\u00f3s who intervened in a chapter session in defense of the rights of the city and made an exposition of his position along those lines, not without clarifying that despite \u201cRECOGNIZING THE MERITS OF THE CORPS AND THE GREAT SERVICES THAT IT PROVIDES TO THE COUNTRY IN DIFFICULT TIMES\u2026\u201d he did not see it appropriate to accede to the request because that precedent would give rise to other requests that could provoke abuses.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">On the other hand, the City Council could not afford to stop collecting an income that was vital for its coffers, in addition to the fact that since the tax was leased, not only would it not collect it, but the landlord would have to pay the commission for the uncollected portion.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The Council in general and the mayor in particular were in a compromised situation due to the hierarchy of the requesting authority (civil governor) and the institution for which the request was made (civil guard), who had always been given preferential treatment; but, on this occasion, the situation was very unfavourable to grant the request. Thus, having analysed the pros and cons, the mayor, Francisco Ferrer Ballesteros, did not fear the possible consequences and gave a resounding no to the civil governor.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The Council could not give any other answer. Its accounts were torn between indigence and bankruptcy, as the payment obligations were much higher than the possibility of collecting income to balance the accounts.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The delicate economic situation has reached the point where the collection of outstanding debts has begun through enforcement and payment to suppliers has been suspended, especially for those with lower amounts.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The City Council even went so far as to warn the relatives of deceased persons who occupied niches in the cemetery that, if they did not pay the stipulated fees, the remains that occupied them would end up in a common grave within a maximum period of 15 days. Given this distressing situation, not a single penny could be left in the path of the municipal treasury. All this was decisive in the fact that the Civil Guard had to continue paying the tax that we have already discussed.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">On July 29, 1907, the barracks underwent another change of location, and now the dispute over a matter as frequent as the payment of the rent for the property is with Felipa de Segovia y Valle, to whom several months of debt were owed; she demands that the part of the house that belonged to her be vacated because the contract had expired, since it was a shared property. The City Council agrees to pay, with preference, the payment that was required of it with Felipa de Segovia, but she does not give in on her intention and forces the City Council to look for another building that meets the conditions to house the barracks, since the deadline to leave the current one was set on August 15.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">As if the administrative and space problems were not enough, on June 16, 1932, on the occasion of a strike that mobilized a large part of the workers of Vera, an extraordinary payment was made for the accommodation of Civil Guard forces \"WHO CONCENTRATED IN VERA ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAST STRIKE\", which reveals to us that there were more demands and revolts due to the lack of work in Vera and the shortage of means to provide food for the day laborers and their families.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Vera, and the country in general, was experiencing an unsustainable situation of unemployment. The City Council tried to stop the riots with a contribution of 5,480 pesetas for street repairs and pavements, a small contribution to solve a problem that was no longer one of need, but of hunger. Being an industrial city, the strike had a special impact in Cartagena, projecting its consequences to Vera, where a residue was left that re-emerged in March 1933, causing a new deployment to our city of Civil Guard forces, whose detachment was then under the orders of a second lieutenant due to the increase in the number of troops. On this occasion, the forces sent to Vera were accompanied by a government delegate to avoid disturbances like those that had occurred a year earlier.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">On April 10th of the aforementioned year 1933, due to the situation of great social unrest that was being experienced and, in order to speed up communication between the different provincial bodies, the City Council received an order from the Civil Government to install a telephone in the barracks to facilitate immediate communication with their superiors when making decisions in a situation of great social and labor unrest. The City Council accepted the request and was willing, as demanded by the civil governor, to attend to the payment of the expenses incurred, although it requested that \"TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE LACK OF ALLOCATION IN THE BUDGET TO ATTEND THIS SERVICE AND THE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC SITUATION, IT BE POSTPONED UNTIL WHEN BUDGETARY POSSIBILITIES EXIST\".<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The City Council, headed by Mayor Francisco Mart\u00edn Prieto, refused to install it, despite the order of the Inspector General of the Civil Guard, arguing, once again, that there was no budget for this expense. The opposition to installing the telephone did not last very long, because in December of that same year of 1933, a payment appears in the municipal accounts for the telephone bill of the barracks amounting to 13.50 pesetas, with the same amount being repeated monthly. If I may make a small joke, \u201cin 1933 the flat rate had already been invented\u201d, since the amount did not vary.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">In the same year of 1933, another request was made by the lieutenant in charge of the post, who, following orders from his superiors, requested that a place be made available to accommodate three new guards, two of them cavalry, who had been assigned to Vera because it was the capital of the region. The request, in addition to accommodation for the new guards, included a stable that would make up the new detachment of the Civil Guard that they planned to increase. The City Council could not afford a new expense and asked the owner of the building that occupied the barracks to carry out the necessary works to provide a solution to the new demands.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The news of the 1934 Asturian revolution reached Vera and the social atmosphere in our city exploded again, forcing the Chief Lieutenant of the unit to ask for reinforcements. This request was met by sending 10 guards, creating a new problem, although it was already an \u201cold\u201d one, as it involved paying for the guards\u2019 accommodation and food. The tumult and disputes increased until the authorities were forced to send 90 guards, which was the number of beds that the City Council had to pay for on November 19, 1934, and the cost of which rose to 148 pesetas.<\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The three years of the Civil War marked a pause in the relationship between Vera and the Civil Guard, since during that period the urban surveillance was in charge of the Assault Guards, at least that is what can be deduced from reading the documents and chapter minutes kept in our Municipal Archive. During that period the chapter minutes are brief and ambiguous, they do not extend into explanations and do not tell us when the Civil Guard left the service in Vera to be taken over by the \u201cAssault Guard\u201d, nor are dates or reasons or details of the change given.<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>ARRIVAL AND PRESENCE OF THE CIVIL GUARD IN VERA (III)<\/b><\/span><\/span>\n\n <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The Civil Guard returned to Vera on 15 May 1939, and a year later, on the occasion of the increase in the number of troops assigned to the city, the colonel of the 8th Regiment, based in Granada, asked the City Council to provide the new guards assigned to Vera with \u201cHYGIENIC AND DECENT ACCOMMODATION\u201d. The successive needs to cover the accommodation of the Civil Guard and the request made by the colonel, forced the ratification of the project, carried out by the architect Claudio Mart\u00ednez, which had been under study since 1935. For the first time, the urgency of a construction that met all the conditions was considered. The City Council was willing to sell municipal properties to apply the amount collected to the desired building; two months later it agreed to pay 20% of the total budgeted amount. The municipal authorities tried to convince the government of the convenience of starting some works, which, in addition, would alleviate the lack of work that seriously harassed the families of Vera and that, only a few months before, had caused serious disturbances. All of the above made the City Council see a great opportunity when on February 14, 1941, it was announced in the municipal plenary session that the National Housing Institute would provide the necessary funds for the construction of barracks for the Civil Guard.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The Institute provided a loan for 90% of the budget for its construction, at an interest rate of 4%, on half of the amount granted, leaving the rest free of any charges. The Council is willing to accept the conditions, but first wants to carry out a study of the feasibility of the project.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Once studied, they must not have been considered feasible because they were not discussed again in a plenary session, and no councillor took up the proposal; it was abandoned and not submitted for further study.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">It is becoming increasingly difficult to find a property that meets the requirements. The civil war has caused damage, many families have left Vera and their homes are abandoned and almost in ruins.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">At the same time that accommodation was being sought for the guards, a dwelling was provided, rented for 70 pesetas per month, owned by Ana de Madariaga y Orozco on the current Calle del Mar, for the head of the detachment, a position that was already occupied by a lieutenant.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">On August 27, 1943, the barracks had deteriorated and were clearly in a state of disrepair, making it necessary to make repairs that were never well received by the owners of the building. In this case, improvements were essential because within a month, several guards had to be accommodated who travelled to Vera to carry out control and surveillance work. The work was not carried out within the stipulated time and they had to be accommodated in a boarding house, for which a payment of 322 pesetas was made. It is curious that, just after the war, the presence of Civil Guard reinforcements was necessary every year for surveillance work during the fair days.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Despite the lack of resources, the City Council strives to facilitate all requests, considering that the presence of this armed body gives prestige to the city, and because of the security that its presence provides to residents and authorities.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Finally, in July 1944, the mayor's office was informed that the General Directorate of the Civil Guard had given instructions for the construction of a barracks to house <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">all<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> the guards. Despite all this, the order from the General Directorate was put on hold until the City Council decided in 1949 to comply with the instructions received five years earlier.<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Vera considered the presence of the Civil Guard to be essential and the need for this presence became clear once again when on 12 December 1945 a fire of considerable dimensions broke out in Vera affecting a shop, although neither the establishment nor the street where it was located was mentioned. The minutes of that day recorded the praise received by the lieutenant in charge for his work and bravery in putting out the fire, putting his life at risk. The Town Council proposed that the lieutenant colonel be recognised for his merits with a well-deserved decoration. On the occasion of the fire, the Town Council opened a subscription with 200 pesetas to reward the people who collaborated in putting it out, preventing it from spreading to neighbouring houses.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><b>ARRIVAL AND PRESENCE OF THE CIVIL GUARD IN VERA (IV)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Due to the constant transfers of the barracks, in July 1944 the Municipal Plenary was notified that the previous month, the Lieutenant Chief of the Vera Detachment had informed the mayor that the Director General of the Civil Guard had given instructions for the construction of a barracks to accommodate the guards without having to depend on the state of the building they occupied or the need for its owner to have it available. On this occasion the complaint was not only a matter of comfort, but also of security. However, despite the need to give a definitive solution to a problem that, due to its frequency, had ceased to be occasional and had become permanent, the government's request was put on hold until the City Council decided in 1949 to comply with the instructions received five years earlier.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The possibility of an agreement with the National Housing Institute to include the guards' housing in the barracks was raised, in accordance with a law from April 1939. An application and report was sent to the General Directorate of the Civil Guard so that it could draw up the project and execute it; in exchange, the municipality would provide a suitable plot of land and 10% of the budgeted amount for its construction. Everything seemed to be on the way to a definitive solution, however, this would not come until almost ten years later because the difficulties arose in greater numbers than expected, starting with the acquisition of the plot and the agreement on the ideal place for its construction, which the commanders of the Civil Guard and the mayor of the City began to discuss in 1950.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">In this situation of stagnation of the necessary procedures, the possibility of acquiring the land of the \u201cLlano del jud\u00edo\u201d (Jewish Plain) and the so-called \u201cCortijo del ciego\u201d, already demolished, was considered, to transfer it to the General Directorate of the Civil Guard and build the necessary and desired barracks. Once the purchase was closed for 6,000 pesetas, the City Council, a month later, made a transfer of 2,190 square meters, the deed being formalized on August 29, 1951 by the Deputy Mayor, Francisco Gallardo L\u00f3pez, reserving the rest of the plot for the municipality. The first step had been taken and the initial obstacle, the purchase of the land, was overcome, but six months later the City Council became aware of the difficulties it had in obtaining the more than 80,000 pesetas that it had to contribute to the construction and of the financial loss that an expense of that magnitude would mean for the municipal accounts. In view of the situation, it was decided to \"MAKE A DISTRIBUTION ON THE WEALTH OF THE TERRITORY AND INVITE THE MERCHANTS TO ACCEPT IT.\"<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Once the construction of the new barracks had begun in May 1954, the possibility of acquiring the house that the Civil Guard had occupied in recent years to house the new company assigned to Vera was considered. The purchase would be made with voluntary contributions from people in the City and if the necessary amount was not obtained, the City Council would allocate the funds from the budget for the following year until the purchase amount was completed. To guarantee those who contributed, shares would be issued for a value of 100 pesetas each, in order to compensate for the contribution with the income from the rental of the building, deducting the maintenance costs, recovering the investment after an annual draw in which the shares whose owners were to redeem them were determined.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">On June 24, 1960, the municipal plenary session was informed of the order received from the command of the Civil Guard to move to the new barracks, which had been completed and equipped with everything necessary. The contract between the Civil Guard and the City Council for the lease of the building that it had occupied until then was rescinded, with the Mayor proposing, in this same plenary session, that it be used for rented housing. A Spanish flag was given to the new barracks, which was acquired by popular subscription headed by the City Council, making a contribution of 250 pesetas.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">In 1961, the intention was expressed to build four new pavilions in the barracks to house a Traffic Detachment, which would establish its base in Vera. As the City Council could not meet such a high cost, due to its ever-delicate economic situation, the idea was postponed, but not abandoned, and in February 1964 the project was resumed, which was contemplated for the arrival of 15 traffic police officers (the motorized ones, as we children called them with admiration) for whom houses would be built, in addition to the corresponding garages and workshops. Once again, the excitement was greater than the possibility of carrying it out and it had to wait another three years for its opportunity, which arrived on November 10, 1967, when the long-awaited project was resumed, for which, in addition to the land that had already been ceded for that purpose, the municipal participation in the cost of the work was offered with 10% of it. Although the minutes of the chapter do not provide a record of the work carried out, we know that on October 4, 1969, the new traffic pavilion that had taken so many years to obtain was already built. This information is included in the report made by the City Council on the distribution of water to nearby municipalities from the water treatment plant built by the governments of Spain and the United States.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">From the 1970s to the present, there are no news or incidents in the minutes that we can reflect. Only the national tribute that Vera paid to the Civil Guard Corps in 1975 and the attempt to move the Vera Captaincy to another town deserve to be discussed in detail. Perhaps we will do so on some occasion.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"> <span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, cursive\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">It took almost two decades to see the completion of a barracks that looked splendid at the entrance to Vera, but today, more than 60 years after its completion, it is in a lamentable state of disrepair awaiting whoever is responsible to make the decision to build the barracks that Vera and the guards stationed there deserve.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Latosans, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Gabriel Flores Garrido <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<span style=\"font-family: Latosans, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Official Chronicler of Vera<\/span><\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Latosans, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">THE PHOTOS THAT ILLUSTRATE THIS PUBLICATION HAVE BEEN \u201cPOSTED\u201d ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE \u201cNO ERES DE <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\">VERA<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium\"> SI\u2026\u201d, BUT SINCE I DO NOT KNOW THE AUTHORS AND OWNERS, I CANNOT THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION. WELL, FROM HERE MY GRATITUDE FOR THE COLLABORATION PROVIDED TO MAKE THIS REPORT POSSIBLE.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/pre>\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\">\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excelente y exclusivo art\u00edculo de investigaci\u00f3n sobre la Historia de la Guardia Civil en la Ciudad de Vera, por Gabriel Flores Garrido, Cronista Oficial de Vera (Almer\u00eda). 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