Civil Guard
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| Founders | Francisco Javier Giron, 2nd Duke of Ahumada |
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| Founded | Spain |
| Headquarters location | Madrid, Spain |
| Motto | El honor es mi divisa; (Honour is my badge) |
| Patron | Our Lady of the Pillar |
| Jurisdiction | Spain |
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| Employe | 85,426 total and 77,223 active |
| Headquart | Calle de Guzman el Bueno |
| Madrid | |
| Spain | |
| Agenc execut | Maria Gamez Gamez |
| Elect offic respons | Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Minister of the Interior |
| General natur | Gendarmerie |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2462372 |
About Civil Guard
The Civil Guard is the oldest law enforcement agency in Spain and is one of two national police forces. As a national gendarmerie force, it is military in nature and is responsible for civil policing under the authority of both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence.
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... " The Civil Guard comes here and wants to force you to leave your home, " he said...
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... An investigation, which is being led by the Civil Guard...
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... They include 44 homes, a hotel, a church, a school, a municipal swimming pool and even a barracks building that used to house the Civil Guard...
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... He was arrested by Civil Guard officers on Saturday and later released on bail...
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Magaluf: Men suspected of gang-raping British teen were not all friends
By Guy HedgecoeMadrid
Eight men suspected of gang-raping an 18-year-old British woman in Majorca were not all known to each other, Spanish police have said.
Five French And One Swiss tourist were arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and violation of The Right to privacy earlier this month.
Two more men, both residents in France, were arrested in that country This Week and are awaiting Extradition .
is said to have taken place in the resort of Magaluf.
" Of The Eight [suspects], some knew each other, they weren't all strangers, " said a spokesman for the Civil Guard . " But it was not one group of friends. "
The alleged victim is thought to have met a group of young tourists in the Early Hours of 14 August.
She is believed to have followed them to their hotel, where she was forced to have Sexual Intercourse and was filmed by the alleged aggressors.
The Woman later escaped and was helped by hotel staff after being found in The Street .
She was taken to Son Espases hospital in Palma de Mallorca, where she was treated before registering her rape complaint.
Police arrested The First six suspects within hours of the alleged attack and they are in preventive custody.
The pair arrested This Week flew from Spain to Baden-Baden in Germany, then travelled to France.
A Spanish judge issued a European detention order And One of them was held in Scherwiller and The Other at The Airport of Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, both in the north-eastern Alsace region, the Civil Guard reported.
With the two arrests in France, the Spanish Civil Guard said it has closed its investigation into this case.
The Force said that " the swift and efficient action of this team" in tandem with local police " has permitted the arrest of all those responsible for this brutal attack".
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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