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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)13-28112-9|pages=75–}}</ref> The violence of the Mongoose Gang and the Grenadian police became a more important factor than the state of the economy in generating unrest.<ref name="Meeks2001">{{cite book|author=Brian Meeks|title=Caribbean Revolutions and Revolutionary Theory: An Assessment of Cuba, Nicaragua and Grenada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLs0H9cAGLYC&pg=PA142|year=2001|publisher=University of the West Indies Press|isbn=978-976-640-104-7|pages=142–}}</ref>
 [[MI5]] intelligence reports at the time referred to the Gang as being "ruthless", and "an un-uniformed and undisciplined body... many of them have criminal records.”<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Documents Reveal Britain's Secret Plan to Invade a Tiny Caribbean Island|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/3b74yb/revealed-britains-top-secret-plan-to-invade-a-tiny-caribbean-island|publisher=Vice.com|accessdate=25 July 2019|author=Phil Miller|date=24 October 2014}}</ref>

In November 1974, 10 months after Grenada's independence from [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], Bishop's [[New Jewel Movement]] issued a People's Indictment calling for "power to the people" and declaring that "the Gairy Government was born in blood, baptized in fire, christened with bullets, is married to foreigners, and is resulting in death to the people".<ref name="Foran2005">{{cite book|author=John Foran|title=Taking Power: On the Origins of Third Wo(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]]