People's Liberation Movement-Cinchoneros
People's Liberation Movement-Cinchoneros | |
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Movimiento Popular de Liberación-Cinchoneros | |
Founder | Fidel Martínez Rodríguez |
Foundation | September 1979 |
Dates of operation | 1980s |
Split from | PCH |
Ideology | Communism Revolutionary socialism |
Political position | Far-left |
Allies | FPRLZ |
Opponents | Honduran dictatorship |
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The People's Liberation Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Popular de Liberación) also known as the Cinchoneros, was a paramilitary socialist organization active in the 1980s in
History
The group was born in september of 1979 Inspired by the Sandinista victory in Nicaragua by former members of the Communist Party of Honduras (PCH) which was going through a division between those who were more oriented to support the Soviet Union and those towards the People's Republic of China. The group took its name from 19th century Honduran peasant leader Serapio Romero (nicknamed Cinchonero), who was executed by decapitation in 1868 for leading a rebellion.[1] The MPL was believed to be linked to other leftist movements in El Salvador, Cuba, and Nicaragua. Although the group acted against multinational corporations in Honduras and in favor of less favored groups in the country, it also became involved in the hijacking of airplanes, kidnappings and hostage-taking.
Activities
The group was suspected of assassinating General Gustavo Álvaro Martínez leader of the death squad
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