Sonsoles Palacios, councilwoman of Torrelodones, occupies the number 16 position on Vox's candidacy list for Congress in Madrid, headed by Santiago Abascal for the general elections on November 29. This list includes a councilwoman who has publicly expressed her gratitude to dictator Francisco Franco and has defended the Falangists when speaking about the Congress's tribute to the victims of the dictatorship.
The 40dB survey for El País and Cadena SER, published on November 9, places Abascal's party at 18% and projects 61 deputies, compared to 33 in the last general elections. The Sigma Dos poll for El Mundo, published on the same day, attributes 19.4% and between 62 and 70 seats to them.
@TerciosVox @vox_es @Santi_ABASCAL Lo único en lo que discrepo es que yo no estoy harta de Franco ,estoy agradecida.🇪🇸y ayudare lo que pueda para que se quede donde está.
— sonsolesVox (@sonsole86065966) March 22, 2019
In one of the collected messages, the Vox candidate wrote: “The only thing I disagree with is that I am not tired of Franco, I am grateful and I will help as much as I can for him to stay where he is.” In another publication she stated: “One day not too far away, people will talk about Franco as what he was!!!” She also shared a homily from the funeral mass for the dictator held on November 20, 2018, disseminated by the Francisco Franco National Foundation.
@ipeutrera Un día no muy lejano se hablará de Franco como@lo que fue!!!
— sonsolesVox (@sonsole86065966) March 30, 2020
The councilwoman also came out in defense of the Falangist mantle of the Virgen del Pilar and criticized the Spanish Church for apologizing for its use. "That the Spanish church apologizes because the Virgen del Pilar wore the Falangist mantle, causes me true indignation. It was those Falangists who slept at the doors of the convents so that the communists would not rape and kill the nuns."
Que la iglesia española pida perdón porque la Virgen del Pilar llevara el manto falangista ,me produce verdadera indignación.Eran esos falangistas los que dormían a las puertas de los conventos para que los comunistas no violaran y mataran a las monjas.
— sonsolesVox (@sonsole86065966) November 26, 2018
He vindicated the Falangists in the wake of the tribute to the victims of the dictatorship
On November 4, Congress paid tribute to the victims of the military coup, the Civil War, and the dictatorship. The ceremony took place after the Chamber removed the portraits of the presidents of the Francoist Cortes.
Palacios responded on X vindicating the Falangists and alluding to José Antonio Primo de Rivera: “These people must not know that much blood of Falangists who fought for the peace of Spain is honored. Nor must they know that José Antonio was murdered in Alicante. Nor will they have ever read his will. He who does not honor the fallen is a scoundrel.”
@ipeutrera Esta gente no debe de saber que mucha sangre de falangistas que lucharon por la paz de España se honra. Ni deben de saber que José Antonio murió asesinado en Alicante. Tampoco nunca habrán leído su testamento. Quien no honra a los caídos, es un canalla.
— sonsolesVox (@sonsole86065966) November 6, 2026
The chants from Ferraz to the registration of Noviembre Nacional
On November 27, 2023, Palacios published a video of the protests in front of the PSOE headquarters. “A great moment we caught on Ferraz Street,” he wrote. At the end of the recording, the chant “Noviembre Nacional” can be heard. The mobilizations had begun that month against the amnesty law and the investiture pact, and from them emerged the neo-Nazi group Núcleo Nacional. In February 2026, Enrique Lemus, one of the founders of Núcleo Nacional, registered Noviembre Nacional as a political party, based in Valladolid.
Momentazo en el que “pillamos” la Calle Ferraz!!🇪🇸 @VOX_Torrelodone @vox_Madrid @vox_asambleamad 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸 https://t.co/93WLDQsqYr
— sonsolesVox (@sonsole86065966) November 27, 2023
Lemus and Alberto Gonzalo de Juan, known as Alberto Pugilato, are among the 14 people arrested on November 6 in an operation against Núcleo Nacional linked to an investigation opened in Gijón after some disturbances. According to the summary of the Gijón investigation, accessed by El País, several members of Núcleo Nacional traveled to Ukraine in August, maintained contact with the Azov Brigade, and participated in paramilitary training with AK-47 rifles. The proceedings also state that members of the group handled unlicensed weapons and planned an “armed uprising.”
In a previous case, the Supreme Court confirmed a one-year prison sentence and a 1,800 euro fine for Pugilato for a hate crime related to the lyrics performed by his previous band at a concert in Sabadell in 2010.
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