BPS

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BPS refers to the Brigada Político-Social, the Francoist Spanish political police force notorious for repressing and persecuting political dissidents during the dictatorship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political police force
secret police
activeFrom late 1930s
activeUntil late 1970s
alsoKnownAs BPS NERFINISHED
Brigada Político Social NERFINISHED
associatedWith police files on dissidents
political trials in Francoist Spain
country Spain
dissolvedAfter Spanish transition to democracy
fieldOfWork internal security
political intelligence
headquartersLocation Madrid
historicalAssessment widely condemned for repression
ideology Francoism NERFINISHED
anti-communism
authoritarianism
jurisdiction Spanish territory
languageOfName Spanish
legalBasis Francoist public order laws
mainTarget Basque nationalists
Catalan nationalists
anarchists
communists
socialists
student activists
trade unionists
mainTask infiltration of clandestine organizations
persecution of opposition groups
political repression
surveillance of political dissidents
notableFor persecution of political dissidents
systematic violation of human rights
use of torture during interrogations
operatedIn Francoist Spain NERFINISHED
operatedUnder Francisco Franco NERFINISHED
opposedBy Spanish Communist Party NERFINISHED
clandestine trade unions
student movements
partOf Francoist repressive apparatus
replacedBy Cuerpo Superior de Policía NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Dirección General de Seguridad NERFINISHED
Ministry of the Interior of Francoist Spain NERFINISHED
timePeriod Francoist dictatorship NERFINISHED
usedMethods infiltration
informant networks
interrogation
surveillance
torture

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