Spanish Armed Groups | |
Leader: | Unknown |
Motives: | Opposition to separatism, communism and democracy |
Ideology: | Neo-fascism Spanish nationalism Vasco-phobia |
Position: | Far-right |
Attacks: | Alonsotegi bombing |
Status: | Inactive |
Size: | Unknown |
Spanish Armed Groups | |
War: | the Basque Conflict |
Status: | Inactive |
Ideology: | Neo-fascism Spanish nationalism Vasco-phobia |
Position: | Far-right |
Motives: | Opposition to separatism, communism and democracy |
Leaders: | Unknown |
Area: | (Basque Country) |
Size: | Unknown |
Allies: | Batallón Vasco Español Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey Acción Nacional Española Antiterrorismo ETA |
The Grupos Armados Españoles (GAE) (English: Spanish Armed Groups) was a Spanish neo-fascist paramilitary organisation active from 1979 to 1980, primarily in the Basque Country. A report by the Office for Victims of Terrorism of the Basque Government in June 2010 attributed six murders to the group, and linked it to the National Police Corps, SECED and the Civil Guard.[1]
Attacks attributed to the Spanish Armed Groups:
The report of the Office of Victims of Terrorism of the Basque Government said that the GAE was a well organized group that "acted with a high level of tolerance, when no complicity with important sectors of the police apparatus of the time", and criticized the impunity and lack of investigation about group actions.