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TERRA LLIURE
10/28/92
GP00035
KEY WORDS:
FREE LAND; TL
DESCRIPTION:
A LEFT WING CATALONIAN SEPARATIST TERRORIST GROUP FORMED IN THE 1970S
WITH THE GOAL OF ESTABLISHING AN INDEPENDENT MARXIST STATE IN THE SPANISH
PROVINCES OF VALENCIA AND CATALONIA.
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ACTIVITIES:
PRIMARILY SMALL-SCALE BOMBINGS AGAINST PROPERTY IN NORTHEASTERN SPAIN.
TARGETS INCLUDE FOREIGN BANKS AND TRAVEL AGENCIES.
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STRENGTH:
UNKNOWN
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SELECTED RECENT INCIDENT CHRONOLOGY
JULY, 1987:
A BOMB DETONATED IN FRONT OF THE BANCO HISPANO-AMERICANO IN
BARCELONA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. TERRA LLIURE CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY.
OCTOBER, 1987:
A BOMB DETONATED IN A STAIRWELL OUTSIDE OF THE REAR ENTRANCE OF
THE U.S. CONSULATE IN BARCELONA. EIGHT PERSONS WERE INJURED. TWO
GROUPS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK: TERRA LLIURE, AND THE
RED ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION OF CATALONIA (ERCA).
DECEMBER, 1987:
TWO EXPLOSIVE DEVICES WERE THROWN INTO THE "IRUNA" BAR IN
BARCELONA, WHICH WAS THE TEMPORARY QUARTERS OF THE USO. ONE
AMERICAN SAILOR DIED OF HIS INJURIES AND NINE OTHER U.S. SAILORS
WERE INJURED. THE RED ARMY FOR THE LIBERATION OF CATALONIA (ERCA)
AND TERRA LLIURE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY.
MARCH, 1988:
TERRA LLIURE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BOMBING OF THE BRITISH
CONSULATE IN BARCELONA IN SYMPATHY FOR THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY.
MARCH, 1988:
TWO BOMBS DETONATED IN BARCELONA. ONE WAS DIRECTED AT A CIVIL
GUARDS BARRACKS; AND A WOMAN WAS INJURED. THE SECOND BOMB
DAMAGED AN ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER. TERRA LLIURE CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY.
MAY, 1988:
ELEVEN PERSONS WERE INJURED IN BARCELONA AS A RESULT OF TWO BOMBS
WHICH EXPLODED WITHIN 15 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER AT A BANK. TERRA
LLIURE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY.
JULY, 1988:
THREE BOMBS DETONATED IN BARCELONA ON THE MORNING OF JULY 17. THE
BOMBINGS TOOK PLACE AT THE OFFICES OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY, AN
UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND A BANK BRANCH. A FOURTH DEVICE WAS FOUND
AT ANOTHER UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE AND DISARMED. TWO PERSONS WERE
INJURED IN THE THREE EXPLOSIONS. TERRA LLIURE CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BOMBINGS WHICH WERE CARRIED OUT TO PROTEST
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NUCLEAR POWER STATION AND THE 1992 OLYMPIC
GAMES TO BE HELD IN BARCELONA.
AUGUST, 1988:
A BOMB DETONATED AT A BAR LOCATED IN BARCELONA'S RED LIGHT
DISTRICT. THE BAR WAS LOCATED BEHIND A CIVIL GUARDS BARRACKS.
THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. TERRA LLIURE CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY.
AUGUST, 1988:
TWO BOMBS DETONATED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF AUGUST 25, 1988.
ONE DEVICE DETONATED AT 3:15 AM, AND THE SECOND AT 4:30 AM. BOTH
BOMBS DETONATED IN FRONT OF BANKS IN BARCELONA. TERRA LLIURE
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY STATING THAT THE BOMBINGS WERE IN
RETALIATION OF THE BANKS' SUPPORT OF THE 1992 OLYMPIC GAMES.
MAY, 1989:
TERRA LLIURE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BOMBING OF A CIVIL WAR
MEMORIAL ON THE ISLAND OF MALLORCA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
SEPTEMBER, 1989:
TERRA LLIURE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ATTACK ON A CIVIL GUARD
POST IN GERONA PROVINCE IN WHICH TWO CIVIL GUARDS WERE SERIOUSLY
WOUNDED.
SEPTEMBER, 1989:
TERRA LLIURE WARNED THAT THE 1992 BARCELONA OLYMPICS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE THE GROUP'S "PRIMARY" TARGET.
MARCH, 1990:
THREE BOMBS DETONATED ON MARCH 9, 1990, OUTSIDE THREE COURTHOUSES
IN BARCELONA. THERE WERE NO REPORTED CASUALTIES. TERRA LLIURE
CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY.
JULY, 1991:
SPANISH MEDIA SOURCES REPORTED THAT TERRA LLIURE HAD UNDERGONE AN
INTERNAL DIVISION IN WHICH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE GROUP AND A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE RANK AND FILE HAD VOTED TO CEASE
TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
OCTOBER, 1991:
A BOMB WAS FOUND IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN GERONA. THE DEVICE WAS
DISARMED. WHILE NO PERSON OR GROUP CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
DEVICE, CIVIL GUARDS SOURCES STATED IT WAS OF THE TYPE USED BY
TERRA LLIURE, AND THAT THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IN AN AREA OF SPAIN
IN WHICH TERRA LLIURE HAD HISTORICALLY OPERATED.
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THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS DERIVED FROM DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND PUBLIC MEDIA
SOURCE DOCUMENTS.