The ''Grupos Armados Españoles'' (GAE) (English: Spanish Armed Groups) was a Spanish
neo-fascist
Neo-fascism is a post-World War II far-right ideology that includes significant elements of fascism. Neo-fascism usually includes ultranationalism, racial supremacy, populism, authoritarianism, nativism, xenophobia, and anti-immigration s ...
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
The Basque Government ( eu, Eusko Jaurlaritza, es, Gobierno Vasco) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of the Basque government is known as the ''Lehendakari''. The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque P ...
in June 2010 attributed six murders to the group, and linked it to the
National Police Corps
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,
SECED and the
Civil Guard.
Attacks
Attacks attributed to the Spanish Armed Groups:
*28 September 1979: Assassination of
Tomás Alba Irazusta, ''
Herri Batasuna
Herri Batasuna (; en, Popular Unity; HB) was a far-left Basque nationalist coalition in Spain. It was founded in 1978 and defined itself as abertzale, left-wing, socialist, and supported the independence of the Greater Basque Country. It was r ...
'' town councillor of
Donostia in
Astigarraga
Astigarraga is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is famous for its hard cider and the cider houses.
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*15 January 1980: Assassination of Carlos Saldise Corta (member of the ''
Gestoras Pro Amnistía'') in
Lezo.
*20 January 1980:
Alonsotegi bombing. four killed and 10 injured.
[(In Spanish]
El grupo de ultraderecha GAE reivindica el atentado de Baracaldo
Alleged links with Francoist repression
The report of the Office of Victims of Terrorism of the
Basque Government
The Basque Government ( eu, Eusko Jaurlaritza, es, Gobierno Vasco) is the governing body of the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain. The head of the Basque government is known as the ''Lehendakari''. The Lehendakari is appointed by the Basque P ...
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.
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