Terra Lliure
Catalan nationalist paramilitary group / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Terra Lliure (Eastern Calatan: [ˈtɛrə ˈʎiwɾə], "Free Land"), sometimes referred to as TLL, was a Catalan nationalist[7] far-left[6] Marxist-Leninist[4] paramilitary group. Formed in 1978, the group carried out hundreds of attacks that left many people injured and five dead (four of them members of the organization after the explosion of the artifact they were manipulating in three separate incidents).[8][9][10]
Terra Lliure | |
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Dates of operation | 1978-1995
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Split from | PSAN[1] |
Group(s) | MDT (political wing) |
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Opponents | Spain |
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Terra Lliure, became known to the public with a protest at a mass meeting at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona in 1981. An important police raid in 1991 and the renunciation of violence by some of the group members led to the dissolution of Terra Lliure in 1995. After disbanding, many members joined the political party Republican Left of Catalonia.[11] During the most active period of its activity it was considered a terrorist organization by Spanish[12][13] and European courts,[14] Spanish press, and at least parts of the Catalan press.[15][12][16]