During the first moments of the failed 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt the then captain general of the area, Lieutenant General Jaime Milans del Bosch, joined the uprising and decreed the State of War throughout the region under its jurisdiction. That night of February 23, Milans del Bosch took to the streets of Valencia with 1,800 military personnel and 60 tanks, which were broadcast on television. The city was surrounded by soldiers with armored vehicles and other army trucks that had left the bases of Bétera and Paterna. An armored column went to Manises Air Base to convince its commander to join the coup, but he did not. Furthermore, given the clear refusal of the King Juan Carlos I to support the coup plotters, del Bosch had to obey the King's orders and withdrew the troops from the streets. With the exception of Madrid (I Military Region), in no other military region were there attempted coups. The next day he was arrested and later on trial for the failed coup attempt.