La Mano Negra

La Mano Negra (Spanish: " The Black Hand ") was a supposedly existing, secret and violent organization in Andalusia in Spain at the end of the 19th century.

The Mano Negra is said to have collected through extortion protection money. Who did not pay, had to fear for his life. The band was also blamed for the destruction of crops on the fields next murders.

The organization was classified as anarchist, although local anarchist groups had repeatedly distanced himself from her. Nevertheless, their criminal activities were used as an opportunity generally to act against anarchist groups from 1883.

So far could not be determined whether La Mano Negra has existed, an invention of the government under Práxedes Mateo Sagasta or a group under a false flag was to put down the revolts of the rural area of ​​Spain as Vicente Blasco Ibáñez in his short story " La Bodega " describes.