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Memorial for Eugenio Gutiérrez Salazar, killed by GAL. GAL (Spanish: Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación, "Antiterrorist Liberation Groups") were death squads illegally established by officials of the Spanish government during the Basque conflict to fight against ETA, the principal Basque separatist militant group.
In addition to el instituto armado ("the armed institution"), the Guardia Civil is known as la benemérita ("the well-remembered"). They served in the Spanish colonies, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Spanish Guinea and Spanish Morocco. [citation needed] The Guardia Civil has a sister force in Costa Rica also called the Guardia ...
Policía Municipal (also known as Policía Local or Guardia Urbana in some cities) in every town and city of 5,000 or more people, of which Madrid's is the largest force and Barcelona's is the second largest. Similar to other law enforcement agencies, Policia Local are armed as well.
Gardes Civiles Indigenes, fully armed and equipped, and full time paramilitary forces raised in some French colonies for service in that colony. Garde Civique of Belgium, a historic militia maintained until 1914. Civil Guard (Costa Rica), fully merged into the Fuerza Pública. Civil Guard (Peru), police force of Peru in 1924.
The Policía Armada (English: Armed Police), conventional long names Cuerpo de Policía Armada y de Tráfico (English: Armed and Traffic Police Corps) and Fuerzas de Policía Armada (English: Armed Police Forces), —popularly known as los grises (English: the grey ones) owing to the color of their uniforms— was an armed urban police force of ...
The Academia de Suboficiales de la Guardia Civil (ASGC, English: Academy of NCOs of the Civil Guard) is a training center belonging to the Guardia Civil. [1] It is located in San Lorenzo de El Escorial ( Madrid ), where training is given in security, technical and military subjects for enlisted personnel joining the non-commissioned officers of ...
Following the overthrow of the Spanish monarchy in April 1931, the new Republican regime created the Assault Guards (Spanish: Guardia de Asalto) as a gendarmerie-style national armed police that could be used to suppress disorders in urban areas. Armed and trained for this purpose, the Assault Guards was intended to provide a more effective ...
With the intention of fighting against terrorism and several organized crime groups from Spain in the 1970s, [5] in November 1977 the third section of Spanish military staff announced for members of the Policía Nacional vacancies which could be accessed freely for the newly formed Grupo Especial de Operaciones.