Batallón Vasco Español

The Batallón Vasco Español (BVE) (English: Spanish Basque Battalion), sometimes associated with the Alianza Apostólica Anticomunista (AAA) (English: Anti-Communist Apostolic Alliance), Antiterrorismo ETA (English: ETA Antiterrorism) or Triple A (English: Triple A), was a Spanish neo-fascist parapolice organization present mainly in the Basque Country and Southern France.

It began operations in 1975, a year and a half after the murder of Luis Carrero Blanco by ETA and disbanded by April 1981.

Some of its former members joined an organization formed not long after, known as the Grupos Antiterroristas de Liberación.

Manuel Fraga, former interior minister who was in office when the BVE was formed, defended it by saying it was a group of mayors who self-defended because ETA was going after them but had no influence in the course of the events.

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