Grupos Armados Españoles

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 6 murders to the group, and linked it to the National Police Corps, SECED and the Civil Guard.[1]

Spanish Armed Groups
Grupos Armados Españoles  (Spanish)
Leader(s)Unknown
Dates of operationc. 1979 – c. 1980
MotivesOpposition to separatism, communism and democracy
Active regions Spain (Basque Country)
IdeologyNeo-fascism
Spanish nationalism
Vasco-phobia
Political positionFar-right
Notable attacksAlonsotegi bombing
StatusInactive
SizeUnknown
Spanish Armed Groups
Grupos Armados Españoles  (Spanish)
Participant in the Basque Conflict
Activec. 1979 – c. 1980
StatusInactive
IdeologyNeo-fascism
Spanish nationalism
Vasco-phobia
Political positionFar-right
Motive(s)Opposition to separatism, communism and democracy
LeadersUnknown
Area of operations Spain (Basque Country)
SizeUnknown
AlliesBatallón Vasco Español
Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista
Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey
Acción Nacional Española
Antiterrorismo ETA
Opponent(s)Basque National Liberation Movement Communists and other leftists
Government of Spain

Attacks

Attacks attributed to the Spanish Armed Groups:[lower-alpha 1]

The report of the Office of Victims of Terrorism of the Basque Government said that the GAE was a well organised group, that "acted with a high level of tolerance, when no complicity with important sectors of the police apparatus of the time", while acknowledging that and criticised the impunity and lack of investigation about group actions.

Notes
  1. This list may be incomplete, because many of their attacks were never claimed. Additionally the acronyms GAE and others (Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey, Antiterrorismo ETA, Primera Línea de Fuerza Nueva, Batallón Vasco Español, Alianza Apóstolica Anticomunista, and later Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación and GANE) seem to have been indistinctly used by the same Spanish nationalist networks capriciously.

References
  1. (In Spanish) Las otras víctimas (El País)
  2. (In Spanish) El grupo de ultraderecha GAE reivindica el atentado de Baracaldo (El País)
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