Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces

FPL
Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces
LeadersSalvador Cayetano Carpio
Dates of operation1 April 1970 – 1995
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Liberation theology
Battles and warsSalvadoran Civil War

The Farabundo Martí Popular Liberation Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí, abbreviated FPL) was a left wing guerrilla military and political organization in El Salvador. It was the oldest of the five groups that merged in 1980 to form the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).