A bedbug plague forced the Republican National Guard (GNR) to interrupt a training course. The situation occurred at the Portalegre Training Center.
The Association of Guard Professionals received reports about the conditions of the facilities, also mentioning the existence of cockroaches and describing the facilities as "absolutely undignified."
The article does not specify which courses were affected or how many trainees were impacted by the interruption.
GNR trainees at the Portalegre Center directly face these unsanitary conditions, seeing their training interrupted. The situation reflects structural problems in the facilities that directly affect Guard professionals. The Association of Guard Professionals is receiving complaints, indicating that this is an institutional issue that may have come to public attention after the reports were disclosed.
This is our short summary of a report published by SIC Notícias on 15 September 2026 at 14:49; the full text stays with the publisher. In our feed it sits under Incidents, and it concerns Portalegre. We currently carry 25718 items in that section.
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