Maximum security, not a photo out of control and a family entourage with no option to receive acts of support. So the acting Government of Pedro Sánchez wants the historic day today, the day that Francisco Franco, almost 44 years after his burial, will be exhumed from the Valley of the Fallen and then buried in the cemetery of El Pardo-Mingorrubio. Here we tell you minute by minute.

Cristóbal and Merry Martínez Bordiú Franco will be the grandchildren who will be present at Franco's exhumation, reports Emilia Landaluce. "The bravest of the brothers," according to his older brother Francis who will go by helicopter.

While in Mingorrubio the police presence increases, Rafael J. Álvarez reports from there. At least a fortnight of vans with lights cross the neighborhood towards the cemetery. There are several vans already inside.

A chronology of how this historic day has been reached.

Regarding the exhumation, the leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, has made this reflection very early this morning.

As for the images of "historical event of global interest that has generated a high demand for information", as the Government has considered, the Spanish Television cameras will be the only ones authorized to record.

Accredited journalists have risen early today. At 5.00 hours they had to collect their credentials in Moncloa, from where they have been taken in three buses to Cuelgamuros . They will stay at the entrance of the entrance, 6 kilometers from Franco's tomb, to continue the exhumation. They are prohibited from accessing other parts of the Valley of the Fallen and go up to the basilica area.

There are 500 professionals from 150 accredited media to cover exhumation and burial: 92 national or regional and 58 international countries such as Germany, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, United States, France, Holland, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Portugal , Qatar, United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey and Venezuela, reports Ana María Ortiz

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