National Guard (Nicaragua)

Nicaraguan National Guard
Guardia Nacional de Nicaragua (Spanish)
Motto	Honor, Patria, Disciplina ("Honour", "Fatherland", "Discipline")
Founded	1925
Disbanded	1979
Service branches	Nicaraguan National Guard Ground Forces Air Force of the Nicaraguan National Guard Nicaraguan National Guard Navy National Police of the National Guard
Headquarters	Tiscapa Hill, Managua (Nicaragua)
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Chief Director	See list
Personnel
Active personnel	7,500 (January 1978)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	Brazil  Canada  France  Germany  Israel  Italy  Japan  Mexico  South Africa  Taiwan  United Kingdom  United States
Related articles
History	Nicaraguan Revolution
Ranks	Nicaragua military ranks

The Nicaraguan National Guard (Spanish: Guardia Nacional, otherwise known as la Guardia) was a militia and a gendarmerie created in 1925 during the occupation of Nicaragua by the United States. It became notorious for human rights abuses and corruption under the regime of the Somoza family (1936–1979). The National Guard was disbanded when the Sandinistas came to power in 1979.