In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Perelló and the second or maternal family name is Domingo; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
He was son of Frederic Perelló i Arnús and Magdalena Domingo i Selma, he was the commander of the Catalan State squads escamots d'Estat Català and belonged to Black Flag (Bandera Negra). He directed the Plot of Garraf[2] that, in 1925, intended to kill Alfonso XIII and all his family, placing an explosive device at Garraf railway, where the royal train would pass by. A traitor caused the plot to fail, and Perelló and his fellows were condemned to death. Later, their sentences were commuted to life because the authorities did not want them to become martyrs. When the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera fell in 1930, they were set free.
Family
While in jail at the Penal de El Dueso prison, he met Edelmira Valls i Puig, who participated in a huge national and international solidarity campaign for their liberation. Once he was set free they got married and had six children: Jordina (1931–1933); Carles (1932), mathematician and Ph.D. at UAB; Edelmira (1934) Frederic (1941–1942), Marcel·lí (1944) and Mercè (1947).
^Catalan first names were more or less prohibited before the 1980s, and so he is sometimes known by his hispanized name Marcelino Perelló Domingo, especially in Spanish.
^Crexell, Joan. El complot de Garraf. Barcelona: Abadia de Montserrat, 1988, p. 39. (Biblioteca Serra d'or; 79). ISBN9788472029828