Forças Populares 25 de Abril

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Forças Populares 25 de Abril (English: Popular Forces 25 April) (FP-25) was a far-left armed organization operating in Portugal between 1980 and 1987. Some of its members had previously been active in the "Brigadas Revolucionários" (English: Revolutionary Brigades), an armed group with links to the Partido Revolucionário do Proletariado (English: Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat). A total of 18 people were killed by the FP-25 as a result of armed attacks, bombings and confrontations with the police during bank robberies and escape attempts. Judgment for these crimes was never fully carried out due to legal prescription and granted amnesties. The main figure of the FP-25 was Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, who served several years in prison before being released during an amnesty.