Portuguese Army military in NATO exercises
In 2023, the Neonazi 1143 group was guided by military personnel with firearms in training for a civil war scenario.
An investigation from the revealed that elements linked to far-right movements in Portugal, such as Group 1143 and the extinct New Social Order (NOS) of Mario Machado, will have participated in training with firearms taught by former military and even military in assets.
The exercises, performed in early 2023, aimed to prepare participants for a Civil War Scenario And they included training with long and short weapons, as well as combat tactics on terrain.
Although the 1143 group currently promotes Airsoft games with arms replicas that shoot plastic bullets, the authorities suspect that real weapons may have been used in previous training. These actions are concerning security services, especially for the indications that there are military personnel and members of the security forces involved with extremists.
The Armed Forces (EMGFA) Staff told Expresso to be aware of “irregular or illegal situations” involving military personnel and reinforces that integrating extremist movements is incompatible with the values and duties of the Armed Forces.
The revelation of training came from a former member of NOS and Group 1143 who now integrates the Lusitano Armilar Movement (Mal), a group whose leadership was recently detained in an operation of the National Judicial Police Counterterrorism Unit (UNCT). The PJ intercepted communications show that evil leaders planned use your arsenal for possible terrorist attacks in the national territory, like foreign neo -Nazi groups.
Investigations also point to the existence of a arms trafficking network between different neo -Nazi groups. These weapons were, until recently, used mainly in criminal activities such as illegal security, extortion and drug trafficking.
White weapons also continue to be an instrument used by these groups in demonstrations and street clashes, particularly against anti -fascist minorities and groups. Authorities are also investigating the alleged collaboration of at least a dozen PSP elements, GNR and Armed Forces with evil, being the group led by an agent of PSP.
