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Mongoose Gang
The '''Mongoose Gang''' was a  [[private army]] or [[militia]] which operated from 1967 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><ref name="Olson1991&q(contracted; show full)essed and carried firearms on guard duty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com/duffus60thru62.html|title=Report of the Duffus Commission of Inquiry into the Breakdown of Law & Order, and Police Brutality in Grenada|accessdate=2017-06-06}}</ref> A news report from 1974 confirms that the "Mongoose squad" sometimes carried rifles, but generally carried "thick pieces of wood".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=980OYZ6M7k0|title=
www.youtube.com/watch?v=980OYZ6M7k0z017409 GRENADA POLICE Screener NTSCSD60i|date=|work=Youtube.com|accessdate=July 25, 2019}}</ref>

The Mongoose Gang was responsible for silencing critics,<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/223562/Sir-Eric-Matthew-Gairy Sir Eric Matthew Gairy (prime minister of Grenada) - Encyclopædia Britannica<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> breaking up demonstrations and murdering opponents of the Gairy regime, including [[Rupert Bishop]], the father of [[Maurice Bishop]] in January 1974. Maurice Bishop himself was beaten(contracted; show full)
[[Category:History of British Grenada]]
[[Category:Private armies]]
[[Category:Paramilitary organisations based in Grenada]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1967]]
[[Category:Political repression]]
[[Category:Anti-communist organizations]]
[[Category:Secret police]]