following the civil war, the tiradores de ifni continued to provide the bulk of the spanish forces garrisoning the territory. however stresses and divided loyalties caused by the ifni war of 1957-58, led to desertions amongst the indigenous rank and file of the four tabors still comprising the tiradores. accordingly, spanish recruits were brought in to maintain these units at full strength. the tiradores de ifni were finally dissolved following the retrocession of ifni to morocco in 1969.