Treasury Police of El Salvador

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The Treasury Police of El Salvador was a notorious militarized security force that operated during El Salvador’s civil war, widely associated with political repression, human rights abuses, and collaboration with the country’s armed forces and intelligence services.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf law enforcement agency
militarized police force
security force
activeInDecade 1970s
1980s
allegedCrimes arbitrary detention
crimes against humanity
enforced disappearance
politically motivated killings
torture
alsoKnownAs PH
Policía de Hacienda de El Salvador
associatedWith death squad activity
state terrorism in El Salvador
collaboratedWith Armed Forces of El Salvador
Salvadoran intelligence services
conflict Salvadoran Civil War
country El Salvador NERFINISHED
disbandedAsPartOf post-war security sector reforms in El Salvador
humanRightsRecord documented by truth commissions and human rights groups
widely condemned by international organizations
ideology anti-communism
jurisdiction national
nativeName Policía de Hacienda
notableFor extrajudicial killings
forced disappearances
human rights abuses
torture of detainees
operationalMethods interrogation under torture
military-style operations
secret detention centers
operationalPeriod Salvadoran Civil War
partOf Salvadoran security forces
Salvadoran state repressive apparatus
primaryFunction control of smuggling and customs
protection of state fiscal interests
role counterinsurgency
intelligence gathering
internal security
political repression
status defunct
supervisedBy Ministry of Defense of El Salvador
Salvadoran military high command
typeOfOrganization armed governmental organization
usedFor repression of suspected guerrilla supporters
suppression of political opposition

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Treasury Police of El Salvador ("Policía de Hacienda de El Salvador")
alsoKnownAs
Treasury Police of El Salvador ("Salvadoran intelligence services")
collaboratedWith
Salvadoran Civil War
involvedOrganization

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