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Kaibiles
Founded
5 December 1974; 49 years ago (1974-12-05)
Country
Guatemala
Branch
Guatemalan Army
Type
Special operations force
Size
Brigade
Garrison/HQ
Poptún, Petén Department
Motto(s)
"If I advance, follow me. If I stop, urge me on. If I retreat, kill me."
Military unit
The Kaibiles are a special operations wing of the Armed Forces of Guatemala. They specialize in jungle warfare tactics and counter-insurgency operations. Since 1974, more than 1,250 soldiers have graduated from the international training programme, which has a duration of eight weeks. Of this number, 85% were Guatemalan soldiers.
The corps' soldiers are distinguished from regular troops by maroon berets with patches bearing a blazing sword. Its motto, inspired by Henri de la Rochejaquelein, is: "If I advance, follow me. If I stop, urge me on. If I retreat, kill me."[1]
^"Kaibil, US Special Forces promote security through partnership". www.socom.mil. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
The Kaibiles are a special operations wing of the Armed Forces of Guatemala. They specialize in jungle warfare tactics and counter-insurgency operations...
killed 21 soldiers and took 19 rifles. On 4 December, a contingent of 58 Kaibiles (the elite special forces commandos of the Guatemalan Army) was flown into...
anti-insurgent jungle warfare) known as the Kaibiles. In 2011, a Guatemalan court convicted four members of the Kaibiles, of killing more than 200 civilians in...
and foreign military personnel (like U.S. Army soldiers and Guatemalan Kaibiles), corrupt police officers and street gang members, and used their knowledge...
reported relationship between the Mexican Los Zetas cartel and the Guatemalan Kaibiles military force. Guatemala has become one of the larger drug smuggling countries...
state, and local police officers, and former U.S. Army personnel, to ex-Kaibiles, the special forces of the Guatemalan military. Over time, many of the...
"Kaibiles" arrived, and they are enjoying the "carne asada." Referring to elements of the Guatemalan Special Forces, colloquially known as "Kaibiles"...
by members of the 1st Army Aviation Brigade. Maroon berets are worn by Kaibiles, Guatemala's special forces. The Indian Army's Parachute Regiment, including...
Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781285433332. "US created monsters: Zetas and Kaibiles death squads". Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved...
infamous for being founded by US-trained Mexican commandos. Together with Kaibiles from Guatemala, they set up camps to train future sicarios and soldatos...
unarmed Maya people murdered in a punitive expedition of the Guatemalan Army Kaibiles during the presidency of Efraín Ríos Montt, mostly by bludgeoning. Each...
August 2011, four former officers from the Guatemalan Special Forces (Kaibiles) were sentenced to 6,060 years in prison each for their involvement in...
their ranks, many of them former soldiers of the Mexican military and ex-Kaibiles, the Special Forces squadron of the Guatemalan military, former police...
Air Force are: Black – Parachute Brigade (Brigada Paracaidista) Maroon – Kaibiles (Special Forces) History: the first beret-type cap (khaki colour, with...
Katanga. In late January, a group of 80 Guatemalan Special Forces from the Kaibiles were engaged in a four hour firefight with LRA rebels, ending with the...
Brigada Pablo Nuila Hub") Special Forces Battalion "Kaibiles" (Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "Kaibiles") Parachute Brigade "General Felipe Cruz" (Brigada...
Mencos was home to the two training centres of the Guatemalan Army's elite Kaibiles special operations force. The Guatemalan army still maintains a major unit...
also received the Ephod for the Guatemalan Army's Parachute Brigade and Kaibiles, while Ecuador adopted it for its Naval Infantry Corps troops and Peru...
exhibited military discipline. Most guardsmen were former members of the army, Kaibiles (special forces) or the Policia Militar Ambulante (PMA). The Treasury Guard...
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