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Lucio Urtubia Jiménez
Lucio Urtubia Jiménez
	Urtubia in 2010
Born	18 February 1931; Cascante, Spain
Died	18 July 2020 (aged 89); 20th arrondissement of Paris, France
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation(s)	Forger, bricklayer
Movement	Anarchism

Lucio Urtubia Jiménez (1931–2020^[1]) was a Spanish anarchist known for his practice of expropriative anarchism through forgery. At times compared to Robin Hood,^[2] Urtubia carried out bank robberies and forgeries throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In the words of Albert Boadella, "Lucio is a Quijote that did not fight against wind mills, but against a true giant".

He was one of the main participants in an action to raise funds for his political formation, based on a scam against the First National City Bank by forging traveler's checks with printing plates of which he was the author. Hundreds of counterfeit traveler's checks were distributed throughout Europe and several Latin American countries between January 1980 and December 1982. The so-called "money recovery operations", of which the City Bank scam was a part, were used to collect of funds destined to support those who struggled and needed it. Following the dismantling of the counterfeiting infrastructure, the French police were unable to recover the printing plates for the checks, forcing the City Bank and the French government to make a pact with Urtubia.

Urtubia died in his home city of Paris, France on 18 July 2020, aged 89.^[1]

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^ Hoffert, Barbara (August 2001). "Rev. of Lucio: The Irreducible Anarchist". Library Journal. 126 (13): S76. ISSN 0363-0277. Gale A77703628. Billed as a modern-day Robin Hood--or, more appropriately, the ultimate Quixote--Lucio Urtubia was born in Cascante, Spain

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[the_hoff-2] Hoffert, Barbara (August 2001). "Rev. of Lucio: The Irreducible Anarchist". Library Journal. 126 (13): S76. ISSN 0363-0277. Gale A77703628. Billed as a modern-day Robin Hood--or, more appropriately, the ultimate Quixote--Lucio Urtubia was born in Cascante, Spain

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Lucio Urtubia Jiménez
Urtubia in 2010
Born	(1931-02-18)18 February 1931 Cascante, Spain
Died	18 July 2020(2020-07-18) (aged 89) 20th arrondissement of Paris, France
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation(s)	Forger, bricklayer
Movement	Anarchism