He held Spain’s Parliament hostage for 18 hours on Feb. 23, 1981, before surrendering after it became clear that he had little support from the country’s armed forces. By Alan Cowell Antonio Tejero ...

MADRID (AP) — Antonio Tejero, a former Spanish lieutenant colonel who led a failed military coup in Spain in 1981, has died. He was 93 years old. He died Wednesday evening in the eastern Spanish town ...