I think you mean death squads.
A death squad is an armed group whose temporary or permanent function is to kill other people often in secrecy.
They may also be called on to conduct assassinations, extrajudicial punishment, extraordinary rendition, or kidnapping. Quite often these killings or kidnappings are called cancellation or other euphemisms by people who, while accepting their existence, do not want to speak plainly of what they do.
Death squads are often, but not exclusively, associated with the violent political repression of dictatorships, totalitarian states and similar regimes. They require housing, food, transportation, money, as well as headquarters and dumping sites. They are often a secret police force, paramilitary group or official government units with members drawn from the military or the police.
Their existence and usage often requires state support. (See also state terrorism.) Participation in a death squad requires that its members be hardened and have no difficulty in killing a nonthreatening human being face to face.
While members of death squads may participate in the society around them, it is almost always a requirement of their job that they keep the details of their work secret from the society they live in.
Their victims tend to be opposition groups, dissidents, activists supporting rival groups, suspected sympathizers or members of rebel groups, street children, land reformists, the landless, activists, thieves, and others perceived to be potentially or actively interfering with a social or political status quo.
2006-11-01 04:23:27
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answered by Answerer17 6
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Well I have never heard of a "sguad" ... is that an abbreviation for South Guadalajara?
Maybe you can give us a little more info, what time, country, city?
2006-11-01 12:10:39
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answered by El Cupacabra 3
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