Committees for the Defense of the Republic

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Committees for the Defense of the Republic
Comitès de Defensa de la República
Designated as a terrorist group by Spain
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The Committees for the Defence of the Republic (Catalan: Comitès de Defensa de la República), or CDR, previously named

Barcelona–El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport
.

The CDR was created in September 2017 as voluntary groups founded by a diverse collective of popular associations. Their initial goal was to collaborate with the implementation of the

Spanish police and organized several actions during the general strike of October 2017.[2][3]

On June 17 2021, Spanish Guardia Civil (National Guard) concluded an investigation that defined the CDR as a "criminal organisation with terrorist purposes [and] capacity of assault, occupation and seize of institutional Catalan buildings and infrastructures."[4]

Arrests

On September 23 2019, the Civil Guard arrested 9 members of the CDR in Barcelona. The members had been monitored for more than a year under Operación Judas, and were arrested on terrorism and possession of explosives charges. The charge claimed that the group planned attacks as a result of the Trial of Catalonia independence leaders, and 7 were ultimately charged with belonging to a terrorist group, manufacturing and possessing firearm, and conspiracy to cause criminal damage.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Los CDR aseguran que solo apuestan por la "desobediencia violenta"". elperiodico.es (in Spanish). 11 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  2. ^ "Els comitès de defensa de l'1-O s'articulen a nivell nacional". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. ^ "Convocan una concentración ante el Museo de Lleida contra el traslado de las obras de Sijena". www.efe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  4. ^ "Los CDR detenidos formaban una "organización terrorista" y planeaban un ataque contra Casado". www.elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  5. ^ "Operació policial contra els CDR per rebel·lió i terrorisme" (in Catalan). ElNacional.cat. 10 April 2018.
  6. El País
    (in Spanish).
  7. ^ "Dos de los CDR detenidos reconocen la compra y manipulación de sustancias explosivas" (in Spanish). El Periódico. 25 September 2019.

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