European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 3 theres very Little order in the Cortes Here Are turbulent scenes inside and outside the Spanish parliament Cortes after righting army officers and about 150 members of the paramilitary civil guard seized the building monday eve Ning in a coup attempt and took the government and 350 deputies Antonio Tejero de Molina of the guard brandishes a pistol on the tribunal after invading the crowded chamber with his outside the building left members of the Spanish National police hold Back Curi Ous onlookers on the Square near the Cortes Early tuesday morning while the hostages were still being held but after More than half of his guardsmen deserted Teseros cause and All of Spain top military leaders had pro claimed their loyalty to King Juan car Tejero announced the collapse of the coup attempt to the deputies and min they were allowed to file out one by one to the cheers of the crowd out less than 24 hours after the at tempted coup Tejero surrendered inside the building to his commanding the Cortes roof was pierced by hundreds of bullets when the guardsmen fired wildly upon entering the but none of the hostages suffered gunshot a photos