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The '''Mongoose Gang''' was a  [[private army]] or [[militia]] which operated from 1970 to 1979 under the control of Sir [[Eric Gairy]], the [[List of heads of government of Grenada|Premier]] and later [[Prime Minister of Grenada|Prime Minister]] of [[Grenada]], and head of the [[Grenada United Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDgairy.htm|title=Eric Gairy : Biography|accessdate=2013-10-08}}</ref> 

The terms "police aides" and "Mongoose Gang" were sometimes used synonymously and interchangeably; although it should be added that the names of certain persons were unmistakably identified as members of the Mongoose Gang as distinct from also being police aides.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com/duffus56thru57.html|title=Report of the Duffs Commission of Inquiry into the Breakdown of Law & Order, and Police Brutality in Grenada|accessdate=2017-06-05}}</ref> At the 1975 Duffus Commission of Inquiry into the Breakdown of Law & Order, and Police Brutality in Grenada, a Mr. Nugent David, a former Commissioner of Police, confirmed that a group of men known as the Mongoose Gang were among the police aides. To his knowledge, Moslyn Bishop and his brother Willie Bishop were reputedly leaders of the gang.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com/duffus67.html|title=Report of the Duffs Commission of Inquiry into the Breakdown of Law & Order, and Police Brutality in Grenada|accessdate=2017-06-05}}</ref> 

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[[Category:History of Grenada]]
[[Category:Private armies]]
[[Category:Militias]]
[[Category:Irregular military]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1970]]
[[Category:Political repression]]