Rurales (disambiguation)

or (Rural Guard) was a Mexican rural mounted police force (1861–1911).

Rurales may also refer to: (Rural Defense Corps), a Mexican part-time militia (1926–present) (Rural Assistance Guard), a former Costa Rican rural police force; see Costa Rican Civil Guard or UMOPAR (Mobile Police Unit for Rural Areas), a Bolivian rural police force Cuba also maintained the Cuban Rural Guard () from 1898 until the revolution of 1959. A militarized and mounted constabulary, it performed the same rural policing functions as its Mexican and Spanish counterparts.

See also Ruralista (disambiguation)