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On 25 October 1983, the vanguard of 7,600 troops from the United States, and 350 from the Caribbean Peace Force, invaded Grenada, encountering resistance from the People's Revolutionary Army. On the morning before the invasion, the PRAF mustered a permanent force of 463 men, supplemented by 257 militia and 58 untrained NJM party members. [ 11 ]
Buro and Hendry are in the Caribbean and have been speaking with authorities, including the St. Vincent and the Grenadines police and coast guard, and they expressed their appreciation.
Family describes violent scene left behind on missing American couple’s yacht after alleged hijacking in Grenada Sharif Paget, Chris Boyette and Polo Sandoval, CNN February 26, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Three violent crime suspects might have killed two people aboard a yacht, possibly Americans, during an escape from Grenada to St. 2 Americans believed dead after 3 Grenadian escapees hijacked ...
The U.S. government accused Grenada of constructing facilities to aid a Soviet-Cuban military buildup in the Caribbean. The accusation was based on the fact that the new airport's 9,000-foot (2,700 m) runway would be able to accommodate the largest Soviet aircraft, such as the An-12 , An-22 , and An-124 .
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Grenada: Grenada has not had a standing army since the 1983 disbandment of the People's Revolutionary Army, after the US-led invasion. The Royal Grenada Police Force maintains a paramilitary special service unit for internal security purposes.
The regime's repressive tendencies increased over the months. People's Law No. 8, promulgated shortly after the seizure of power, allowed the preventive internment of any person "suspected of presenting a threat to public security". In April 1979, Grenada had 80 political prisoners, the majority of them former collaborators of Gairy.