Jesús Gayoso Rey
Jesús Gayoso Rey | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jesús Gayoso Rey |
| Born | 26 April 1971 Mieres, Asturias, Spain |
| Died | 27 March 2020 (aged 48) Logroño, Spain |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Spain |
| Service/ | Spanish Civil Guard |
| Years of service | 1996–2020 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| Commands held | Head of the Rapid Action Group Chief of Haro lockdown during coronavirus pandemic in Spain |
Jesús Gayoso Rey (26 April 1971 – 27 March 2020) was a Spanish Lieutenant colonel Civil Guard. He had been head of the Rapid Action Group since 2014.
Biography
Gayoso was born in the
Career
In 1991, Gayoso joined the
As commander, he was assigned to the General Staff of the Directorate-General of the Civil Guard, where he remained between 2009 and 2014. Finally, he returned as Chief of GAR, the elite unit of the Civil Guard, where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.[5]
During his professional career, he participated in several humanitarian missions abroad, being assigned to the mission in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2010, and in countries such as Tunisia, Belarus, Mauritania, Niger, Turkey, Bulgaria, Chil], Israel, Iraq, Finland, Romania, Honduras and Morocco. He was appointed as leader of the European Union project GARSI-Sahel where police from African countries similar to GAR are trained. His last commission was in Niger, where he was deployed with a Company of Gendarmes on the border with Mali.
2020 Haro lockdown
The GAR headquarters was established in Logroño.
Awards[12]
- 10 Crosses with white insignia to the merit of the Civil Guard.
- 3 Silver Crosses to the merit of the Civil Guard.
- Order of Civil Merit (2018)[13]
- Order of Police Merit
- Cross of Aeronautical Merit
- Cross of Military Merit
- 1 Medal of Merit in the Afghanistan Campaign by the US Armed Forces.
- 1 Commendable Service Medal of the Army of the Armed Forces.
- 1 Bronze Medal of the French National Defense.
References
- ^ Muere el gallego Jesús Gayoso, jefe del GAR de la Guardia Civil (in Spanish)
- ^ Un mito del GAR, el cuerpo que contribuyó a reinventar (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece el jefe del GARde la Guardia Civil víctima del coronavirus Archived 2020-03-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Fallece el teniente coronel del GAR, Jesús Gayoso, por coronavirus (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere por coronavirus el teniente coronel que lideraba los GAR de la Guardia Civil (in Spanish)
- ^ Haro, ciudad fantasma y nuevo foco de coronavirus de La Rioja (in Spanish)
- ^ El GAR se despliega en Haro para ayudar a contener el brote de coronavirus (in Spanish)
- ^ Los guardias del GAR envían un mensaje de ánimo a su jefe, grave y en la UCI (in Spanish)
- ^ El jefe del GAR de la Guardia Civil que está grave en la uci es gallego (in Spanish)
- ^ @guardiacivil (March 27, 2020). "Lamentamos comunicar el fallecimiento de Jesús, jefe del Grupo de Acción Rápida #GAR, víctima del #COVID19 Nues…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Fallece por Covid-19 el jefe de la unidad de élite de la Guardia Civil (in Spanish)
- ^ Así era Jesús Gayoso, teniente coronel fallecido con coronavirus en Logroño (in Spanish)
- ^ "Los 40 años de Constitución son los mejores años de nuestra historia" (in Spanish)