A story of espionage, persecution, and betrayal

The Truth About the Comorera Case unveils the story behind the arrest of Joan Comorera, the Catalan politician most wanted by Franco’s regime after President Companys. His pursuer, Ant...

A story of espionage, persecution, and betrayal

The Truth About the Comorera Case unveils the story behind the arrest of Joan Comorera, the Catalan politician most wanted by Franco’s regime after President Companys. His pursuer, Antonio Juan Creix, was a peculiar and complex figure: a Francoist police officer from the Social Brigade –well known for its methods of torture– who, in exceptional cases such as this one, spoke to detainees in Catalan, had contacts with espionage services, read about communism—according to him, “to know the enemy”—and used investigative methods far ahead of his time.

An epic chase in the early 1950s, filled with spies, false identities, and intense political intrigue. A political thriller with two film-worthy antagonists, told through direct sources to which journalist Antoni Batista has had exclusive access for the first time: Creix left a written account of Comorera’s arrest, including transcripts of the interrogations, which have survived to this day along with the press coverage of the era.