The Second Encore in Figueres. Military espionage in border territory

One of the prominent organizations dedicated to intelligence and military espionage in Figueres, during the Franco regime, was that of the Second Bis Section of the General Staff of the Captaincy of the IV region. The article reports details of people in charge of the service, agents and collaborators it brought together, and its actions carried out during the 1940s and 1950s. Beyond internal self-surveillance, the service was interested in aspects of the social, political, economic and cultural life of the country.