At the time of the Spanish coup of July 1936 that marked the onset of the Spanish Civil War most of the members of the preceding equivalent corps , the Guardia de Asalto had stayed loyal to the Spanish Republican government and many of their units fought valiantly in the battlefronts against the Francoist armies and their allies . This display of loyalty towards the Spanish Republic brought about the disbandment of the corps by General Franco at the end of the Civil War . The members of the '' Guardia de Asalto '' who had survived the war and the ensuing Francoist purges were made part of the Policía Armada , the corps that replaced it
Francoist purges
White Terror (Spain)
Armed Police Corps