Exército Guerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceive
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| Exército Guerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceive Guerrilla Army of the Free Galician People | |
|---|---|
| Dates of operation | 1986-1991 |
| Motives | The creation of an independent Ecologism |
| Notable attacks | Bombings, robberies and attacks on police. |
| Status | Disarticulated |
The Exército Guerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceive (Guerrilla Army of the Free
History
Origins
The EGPGC was founded in 1986 by militants of two
First actions
The first action of EGPGC took place in January 1987 and consisted in the robbery of dynamite from the mines of
On May 1, the EGPGC struck again with eight bombs, in banks of
Security forces and Manuel Fraga
In spring 1988 the EGPGC opened another line of targets for their actions. Without abandoning the attacks on banks and industrial facilities, in March the group redirected its attacks against the Spanish security forces. On 9 and 14 March of that year the EGPGC attacked different vehicles of the security forces, destroying various vehicles of the
In the same month, on the 27th, the EGPGC carried forward one of their most important attacks by destroying the summer residence of
First arrests
The first arrests occurred on 29 May 1988. The
The next day, the Civil Guard arrested another four people.
As a response to this process, the EGPGC exploded a car bomb in the police station of
New Galician Poetry manifesto
On August 31, 1988, the Guerrilla Army made a public manifesto with the title of New Galician Poetry (Nova Poesía Galega), which set as targets foreign companies, entities that manufacture in
New offensive and new arrests
Despite significant members of EGPGC being in prison, the actions of the armed group continued to be directed against their usual targets, causing only material damage. Just a week after sending the first statement, the EGPGC exploded seven bombs in
The decision of not to attack people's lives or physical integrity constituted a differential facts of the EGPGC on other armed groups acting at the time, like the
. In this line, the leader of the group Antom Árias Curto assured that the EGPGC would not undermine human lives.On February 2, 1989, the EGPGC starred, however, an important qualitative leap: a command formed by four militants attacked two
The press speculated then that the qualitative leap of EGPGC responded to an infiltration of militants of the
New objective: drug trafficking
Since 1990, the EGPGC began to attack
The group attacked narcos again on 11 October 1990: a bomb in a disco in
End of the EGPGC
According to police informations in 1991, the leadership of EGPGC was based in
Despite this, Several members of the group were arrested in 1998 and 2002.
References
- ^ Or liberated.
- ^ "Los GRAPO 'renacen' con un asesinato en un día negro en Galicia". El País. 28 May 1988. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ ""Prácticamente identificados" los 'grapo' que mataron al empresario coruñés". El País. 30 May 1988. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Fraga responsabiliza al PSOE de que haya 'grapos' y 'guerrilleiros'". El País. 26 October 1989. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Interior considera descabezado al Exército Guerrilleiro tras realizar los GEO nuevas detenciones". El País. 31 May 1988. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Detenida la supuesta jefa del comando que asesinó a un guardia civil en La Coruña". El País. 5 February 1989. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Una dirigente peligrosa". El País. 4 February 1989. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ Vigo, Faro de. "Veinte años de la masacre mortal en la discoteca "Clangor" - Faro de Vigo". Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "Los activistas declaran "objetivo militar" los negocios de los 'narcos'". El País. 14 October 1990. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ El País (7/11 1991). La policía portuguesa descubre una base de apoyo del Exército Guerrilleiro.
Sources
- Various Authors. A Gran Historia de Galicia XVI: a Galicia autónoma (dende a Transición). Volume 1: A Transición en Galicia, Arrecife Edicións Galegas/La Voz de Galicia, 2007, A Coruña.
- Rios Bergantinhos, Noa. A esquerda independentista galega (1977-1995). Abrente Editora, Santiago de Compostela, 2002.
