Tejera was engaged in Carlist anti-Republican conspiracy of 1936. The party executive was divided into those who opted for a Carlist-only rising and those who remained skeptical, leaning rather towards joining a coup organized by the military; Tejera counted among the latter.Mercedes Peñalba Sotorrío, Entre la boina roja y la camisa azul, Estella 2013, , p. 18 After Seville had been seized by the rebels at unspecified time - though prior to mid-SeptemberLa Unión 20.09.36, available here - he ceded management of La Unión and as a 55-year-old he joined the party militia requeté;La Gaceta de Tenerife 24.09.36, available here he was assigned to the Andalusian battalion named Tercio Virgen de los Reyes.El Defensor de Córdoba 24.10.36, available here In October he was lightly wounded during fighting in the Córdoba provinceJulio Aróstegui, Combatientes Requetés en la Guerra Civil española, 1936-1939, Madrid 2013, , p. 715 and returned for treatment to Seville,Salas 2016 already in the requeté rank of a capitán.El Defensor de Córdoba 28.10.36, available here His whereabouts during the winter are not clear; in December 1936 he claimed he intended to return into line.La Unión 26.12.36, available here
