Fuerzas Armadas Guanches
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The Fuerzas Armadas Guanches (abbreviation: FAG) was the armed wing of the Movimiento por la Autodeterminación e Independencia del Archipiélago Canario (MPAIAC) (Movement for Self Determination and Independence of the Canary Archipelago). It was active between November 1, 1976 and late 1978, when the group unilaterally announced a "ceasefire" in what it considered to be "struggle against Spanish colonial occupation" of the Canary Islands.
As the regime of Generalissimo Francisco Franco was collapsing, the FAG planted dynamite bombs (which they primarily got from road construction sites) demanding Canary independence.
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- November 1, 1976 : The group called for armed conflict on a radio broadcast and detonated their first bomb at the Galerias Preciados department store in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. This date is considered the founding date of the Fuerzas Armadas Guanches.
- March 27, 1977: A FAG bomb exploded in the flower shop of the passenger terminal of Gran Canaria's airport, resulting in numerous injuries and some damage. Flights were diverted to the Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife. At Tenerife airport, in the resulting confusion, two jets collided on the sole runway, producing what was, until 9/11, the deadliest airplane crash in history, with almost 600 people being killed.
- March 1977: Santiago Marrero Hernandez entered the Spanish Navy barracks at Isleta on Gran Canaria to steal weapons and was killed by guards.
- May 13, 1977: FAG committed its first attack on the Spanish mainland itself, with a bomb exploding at the Galerias Preciados department store Madrid.
- 1978: The first death directly caused by the MPAIAC occurred this year: police officer Rafael Valdenebro attempted to defuse a bomb in La Laguna, Tenerife, and died in the explosion.
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