Ernesto Caballero, historic leader of the PCE and former coordinator of IU-CA in Córdoba, dies

The former coordinator of Izquierda Unida Convocatoria por Andalucía (IU-CA) and leader of the PCE in Córdoba Ernesto Caballero Castillo died this Wednesday in the capital of Córdoba at the age of 91.

IU in Córdoba has assured through its social networks that Caballero has been a person who "leaves a deep mark in the history of the fight for freedoms."

According to the coalition, "he played a fundamental role in the defense of rights and freedoms during the Franco dictatorship, the Transition and the legalization of the PCE."

Ernesto Caballero joined the PCE in 1957, after his father had been one of the founders of this formation in his hometown, Villanueva del Duque (Córdoba).

After being imprisoned several times, he collaborated in Madrid on the legalization of the PCE with leaders such as Marcelino Camacho and Nicolás Sartorius, after which he returned to Córdoba, where he held the provincial secretariat of the Córdoba PCE and later was the provincial coordinator of IU-CA.

He was elected Andalusian parliamentarian in the regional elections of 1982 and 1986, a position he abandoned when he was elected deputy to Congress in 1989.