Attempt to enter Navarre (1936). On September 21, a committee composed of Hondarribia councilors J. Senén Amunárriz and Angel Azequiolaza and four municipalities from Irun visited the Pamplona City Council, and on the 22nd, the Provincial Council, to submit a to return to Navarre. The project was thwarted because the Francoist authorities of Gipuzkoa opposed it, which sparked a heated controversy the "Diario Vasco" newspaper from Gipuzkoa and the "Diario de Navarra" and "Arriba España" newspapers.