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  2. Civil Guard (Spain) - Wikipedia

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    The Guardia Civil has a sister force in Costa Rica also called the Guardia Civil. The Costa Rican 'guardias' often train at the same academy as regular Spanish officers. [citation needed] During the Iraqi Civil War, the GAR have been deployed to Iraq to train and assist Iraqi federal police in the fight against ISIS militants. [21]

  3. Academia de Suboficiales de la Guardia Civil - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Security and Assault Corps - Wikipedia

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    When the Civil War began, over 70% of the Assault Guards stayed loyal to the Spanish Republic. On the other hand, in the Civil Guard the breakup of loyalists and rebels was distributed evenly at around 50%, although the highest authority of the corps, Inspector General Sebastián Pozas, remained loyal to the republican government. [7]

  5. Civil Guard - Wikipedia

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    Civil Guard (Costa Rica), fully merged into the Fuerza Pública. Civil Guard (Peru), police force of Peru in 1924. Civil Guard (Colombia), created in 1902. Civil Guard (El Salvador), created in 1867, which then gave way to the National Guard in 1912. Civil Guard (Honduras), a militarized police commanded directly by President Ramón Villeda ...

  6. Civil Guard (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Guard in the Philippines (Spanish: Guardia Civil en las Filipinas, [ˈɡwaɾðja siˈβil en las filiˈpinas]) was the branch of the Spanish Civil Guard organized under the Captaincy General of the Philippines and a component of the Spanish Army. It was disbanded after the Spanish–American War.

  7. File:Column of Guardias Civiles during the 1934 Asturian ...

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    The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ar.wikipedia.org الحرس المدني; ثورة 1934; إضراب عمال المناجم الاستوريين في 1934

  8. 1981 Spanish coup attempt - Wikipedia

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    The coup began on 23 February 1981 when Lieutenant-Colonel Antonio Tejero, along with 200 armed Civil Guard officers, stormed the Congress of Deputies chamber in Madrid during a vote to swear in Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo as President of the Government. The officers held the parliamentarians and ministers hostage for 18 hours, during which the King ...

  9. Ceuta border fence - Wikipedia

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    On 7 October 2005, the border fence was assaulted by hundreds of migrants, attracting international attention. Caught between Spanish rubber bullets and Moroccan gunfire, a number of migrants died (sources put the number of deaths between 13 [6] and 18 people [4]) and more than 50 were wounded.