some scholars claim that the predecessor of "montejurra" was a bulletin "el fuerista", issued in pamplona in the late 1950s, though there are no details provided. the periodical was founded in 1960 by the captain of engineers tomás martorell rosáenz and, after its success, in 1964 it began a new stage under the direction of the well-known navarrese architect and earlier member of the pamplona city council eugenio arraiza vilella; in his youth an active carlist and later a carlist put up with the francoist regime, he was wealthy enough to provide initial financing and prestigious enough to act as a front-man. it is not clear to what degree the initiative was co-ordinated with the party leadership or co-financed by carlist structures; the very first issues contained a sub-title "boletín de la juventud carlista de navarra", dropped already in 1961. until november 1964, the magazine remained under the control of the group led by tomás martorell; as late as in mid-1963 arraiza suggested to the then carlist political leader josé maría valiente that a parent company to publish the review be set up as sociedad anónima. the proposal was accepted and such a company has materialized; neither its name nor ownership structure is clear, though it is known that in 1964 comunión tradicionalista launched a subscription scheme for shares of the company. it is known that the arraiza family retained a key position; following the 1968 death of arraiza vilella it was his sons, josé fermín and juan pedro arraiza rodríguez-monte, who took over. both sympathetic to the progressist faction within carlism they ensured that the competing traditionalists have never managed to gain control of "montejurra", as it happened in 1970 with the pamplona carlist daily "".