Cristino García
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Cristino García Granda (3 June 1913 – 21 February 1946) was a fighter with the French Resistance in France during World War II.<ref name=morir>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> He was born in Gozón, Asturias, Spain and was executed by the Francoist regime.
He took part in the Spanish Civil War as a member of the Template:Langnf, a special unit of the Spanish Republican Army that performed attacks behind the Nationalist lines.<ref name=maquis>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp
After the war, he escaped to France where he was part of the French Resistance as a member of the Template:Lang (AGE, Spanish Guerilla Group).<ref name="maquis" />Template:Rp Highly successful in fighting the German occupiers (he took part in the Battle of Madeleine and in the attack of the prison in Nîmes), at the end of the war, he returned to Spain to work with Resistance groups (Spanish Maquis) to oust caudillo Francisco Franco. Captured on 15 October 1945,<ref name="morir" /> he was tortured and was executed by firing squad on 21 February 1946.<ref name="maquis" />Template:Rp<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In Paris, the Template:Lang in Saint-Denis, next to the street of Émile Zola and the Joffre avenue in the 20th arrondissement, was named for him. The Template:Lang in Aubervilliers, Île-de-France, was also named after him.
He is buried in the Template:Lang, southwest of Madrid.