Bare-breasted protesters from feminist activist group femen disrupted a rally of some 200 people in Madred to mark the anniversary of the death of the country's former dictator Francisco Franco. Police said nearly 200 Franco supporters had gathered in the Plaza de Oriente where he addressed throngs during his 1939-75 military dictatorship. Three women interrupted the rally, their torsos daubed with the words "legal fascism" and "national shame", before being arrested by police. The pro-Franco event came as the socialist government of Pedro Sanches draws up plans to exhume the dictator's body from the valley of the Fallen basilica just outside Madrid. The family of the late dictator. who died in November 75, wants his remains placed in the family crypt at Madrid's Almudena Cathederal. Sanchez wants to move the former dictator's remains tp more discreet spot where it will be harder for Franco followers to pay homage.
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