EGPGC
| Exército Guerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceive Guerrilla Army of the Free Galician People |
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| Dates of operation | 1986-1991 |
| Motives | The creation of an independent Socialist republic in Galicia |
| Active region(s) | Galicia |
| Ideology |
Revolutionary socialism Galician independence Feminism Ecologism |
| Notable attacks | Bombings, robberies and attacks on police. |
| Status | Disarticulated |
The Exército Guerrilheiro do Povo Galego Ceive (Guerrilla Army of the Free Galician People in Galician language; EGPGC) was an armed organization formed in 1986 mainly by members of Galiza Ceibe-OLN. It was considered a terrorist by the Spanish Government. The main goals of the organization were the independence of Galicia and the transformation of society according to the principles of socialism. The EGPGPC was operative between 1987 and 1991, a time during which the EGPGC made a total of 90 armed actions and a multitude of provisioning actions.
The EGPGC was founded in 1986 by militants of two nationalist and socialist organizations and Galician, Galiza Ceibe-OLN and the Communist Party of National Liberation, a split of the Galician People's Union (UPG) in 1986, when the V Congress of the UPG decided to accept the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and to abandon the idea of armed struggle. The first leader of EGPGC, Antom Árias Curto came from a previous armed organization, Loita Armada Revolucionaria (LAR), active between 1978 and 1980.
The first action of EGPGC took place in January 1987 and consisted in the robbery of dynamite from the mines of As Pontes de García Rodríguez. This dynamite was used in seven bombs that were placed in banks the 5 of February of the same year. The attacks were claimed on Radio Galicia as a sign of support for the three independentist militants who were being tried in the Provincial Court of A Coruña that morning: Manuel Chao Dobarro (Galiza Ceibe-OLN), Jaime Castro Leal and José Manuel Sanmartín Bouza. and the prosecutors requested 15 years in prison by frustrated robbery, unlawful annuity weapons and exchange of vehicle plates.
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