Group of Personal Friends

The Group of Personal Friends (Spanish: Grupo de Amigos Personales), sometimes referred to by the Spanish acronym GAP, was the informal name of an unnamed, armed guard of the Socialist Party of Chile maintained from 1970 to 1973 for the protection of Salvador Allende. The GAP was trained and equipped by Cuba and initially composed of ex-guerrilla fighters.

The GAP engaged the Chilean Armed Forces during the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat and were among the few armed defenders of La Moneda who remained at their posts following the withdrawal of the Carabineros de Chile and the Investigations Police of Chile. They were completely wiped out during the attack, with most Friends either killed in battle or executed after the fall of the palace. Some of those killed during the coup are memorialized in a plaque at the Intendencia de Santiago.