| Name assigned by coder: |
no
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| PGM ID Number: |
358
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| Country: |
Nicaragua |
| Date formed: |
Jan. 1, 1980 |
| Details of Formation: |
Formed in early 1980, originally as an auxiliary police force to provide security - to guard factories, provide disaster relief, guard volunters in the 1980 literacy campaign etc. Gradually became an important source of millitary manpower for the battle against US backed anti-Sandinist rebels.
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| Date dissolved: |
April 18, 1990 |
| Details of Termination: |
A peace deal was signed on 18 April 1990 after a new administration took office under Mrs Violeta Barrios de Chamorro as President and Minister of Defence. The army and militia were drastically reduced as part of the deal, with tens of thosands of weapons taken from demobilised Sandinista soldiers and civilian militias. |
| Successor group(s): |
none
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| Private Military Company? |
no |
| Government Relation: |
type2 |
| Government Link(s): |
person/minister; state/military institution
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| Training and Equipment |
yes |
| Shared Information and Joint Operations |
yes |
| Shared personnel |
yes |
| Types of Material Support: |
no information
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| State Sponsor(s): |
none
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| Other Connection(s): |
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| Membership: |
village/rural; urban; adolescents; party activists; workers; students; peasants
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| Location: |
Nationwide |
| Force Strength: |
[50000,
300000] |
| Target(s): |
rebels, insurgents, or other armed group; foreigners
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| Purpose(s): |
protect state, national or religious institutions; protect national borders and integrity; protect property and investment; self-defense and security; intelligence gathering
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| Other Information: |
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