Obviously extremely uncommon, but I remember there being some guy that survived both a firing squad’s volley and the subsequent mercy shot to the head. Might have been in…Spain?
Wenceslao Moguel Herrera (1 November 1896[1] – 29 July 1976), known in the press as El Fusilado (Spanish: “The Shot One”[a]), was a Mexican soldier under Pancho Villa who was captured on 18 March 1915 during the Mexican Revolution, and survived execution by firing squad.[2][3][4]
He was sentenced to death without a trial, and was shot 8–9 times in the body. He received the coup de grâce, or one final shot to the head at point-blank range to ensure death, yet managed to survive, though he was permanently scarred and disfigured by the event.[4][2]
Obviously extremely uncommon, but I remember there being some guy that survived both a firing squad’s volley and the subsequent mercy shot to the head. Might have been in…Spain?
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Mexico.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslao_Moguel
Jesus, and he lived over 60 years after that!
Chumbawamba wrote a fucking song about him?! How did I not know this? It’s like hearing the story from a barbershop quartet.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=lPVhWFbAO4E