Far-right terrorism in Spain


Far-right terrorism in Spain surged after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 and continued until the early 1980s. The term refers to the actions undertaken by fascist and far-right groups who were against the changes taking place during the transition to democracy, and essentially dedicated to street violence against persons of other ideologies.
As a result of their actions, between 66, 77 and 95 people died. Their actions ranged from assassination of individuals to mass murder, and were centered against leftists, although they also murdered citizens with no relation to politics. They used various names, such as Batallón Vasco Español, Guerrilleros de Cristo Rey and Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista, abbreviated Triple A or AAA, although it has been commonly stated that there were only a few terrorism networks and they created different names as needed.
no major right-wing terrorist attacks have been reported in the 21st century.

History

In parallel with the declaration of state of exception in Vizcaya and Gipuzkoa in April 1975, the first attacks were made against goods and persons related with ETA and their support networks, mainly in the French Basque Country, but also in Spanish territory. The bomb attack against the Mugalde library of Hendaye of 7 April 1975 is considered to be the first armed action of the Spanish neofascist terrorism. In July 12, 1975 these groups publicly presented their first name: ATE, when claiming the attacks in the previous months in the media. At this time, these groups had not yet perpetrated acts which resulted in fatalities.

Chronology of deadly actions attributed to far-right groups