Carabineros
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Carabineros Corps Cuerpo de Carabineros |
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| Common name | Carabineros |
Badge of the Carabineros Corps
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| Motto |
Moralidad, lealtad, valor y disciplina Morality, loyalty, courage and discipline |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1829 |
| Dissolved | 1940 |
| Superseding agency | Guardia Civil |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| National agency | Spain |
| Governing body | Ministry of Finance |
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| Operational structure | |
| Overviewed by | Directorate-General of Security |
The Carabineros was an armed carabiniers force of Spain under both the monarchy and the Second Republic. The formal mission of this paramilitary gendarmerie was to patrol the coasts and borders of the country, operating against fraud and smuggling. As such the Carabineros performed the dual roles of frontier guards and customs officials.
The force was established in 1829 and lasted until 1940 when it was summarily disbanded and merged with the Guardia Civil.
The motto of the Carabineros was: Moralidad, lealtad, valor y disciplina. They were stationed along all the Spanish land borders, in the maritime provinces and in Madrid. Their uniform was dark blue with red facings until the 1920s and thereafter greyish green.
Among the notable commanders of the corps included José Olaguer Feliú (1923-1927), José María Galán and Gonzalo Queipo de Llano (1934-1936).
The Carabineros Corps was established as the 'Royal Carabinier Corps of the Coasts and Borders' (Real Cuerpo de Carabineros de Costas y Fronteras) by a royal decree issued by King Fernando VII on 9 March 1829. It was led by Field Marshal José Ramón Rodil at the time that Luis López Ballesteros was Minister of Finance. Shortly thereafter, in 1833, the corps was renamed as 'Carabiniers of the Royal Finance' (Carabineros de la Real Hacienda). Being placed under the Finance Ministry they went through a period of gradual neglect and by 1842 the Carabineros were almost dysfunctional as a corps and Field Marshal Martín José de Iriarte was entrusted with their reorganization. Thus the corps was revamped and re-established as the 'Carabinier Corps of the Kingdom' (Cuerpo de Carabineros del Reino) in order to replace the former ineffective and discredited body.
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