NewzAlexis Mesón Doña, a former communist militant and political prisoner under the Franco dictatorship, has died at the age of 88 in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, where he resided. His death occurred on Monday, according to information provided to EFE by sources within his family.
Mesón Doña first gained widespread public recognition as a child in 1947, when he handed a letter to Eva Perón during her official visit to Spain. The intervention successfully saved his mother from execution, earning him historical renown as the child who saved her through the appeal.
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