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Manuel Pérez Martínez (May 9, 1943 – February 14, 1998), also known as "El Cura Pérez" ("Pérez the Priest"), was the leader of the Colombian National Liberation Army (ELN) for over three decades. The ELN was the second-largest rebel group in Colombia at that time.
Sep 27, 2021 · Its founding members, many of whom received training in Cuba, initially fused Marxist-Leninist ideology with liberation theology, a branch of Catholicism popular in South America at the time. From the 1970s to 1998, the ELN leader was Manuel Pérez, a Spanish priest.
Mar 28, 2017 · The Manuel Pérez Martínez Northeastern War Front (Frente de Guerra Nororiental Manuel Pérez Martínez – FGNO) has influence in the department of Norte de Santander, Colombia, and in the state of Zulia, in Venezuela. It is currently led by Leonel Salazar Roa, alias “Gonzalo Satélite.”
Apr 12, 2020 · Manuel Pérez, the priest-leader, died of hepatitis in 1998 in rural Santander. Leadership passed to Nicolás Rodríguez alias Gabino. That year, the ELN earned widespread condemnation for a pipeline bombing in Segovia municipality, Antioquia that ended up destroying the entire village of Machuca, killing between 70 and 80 people, including ...
Apr 11, 1998 · Manuel Perez, a defrocked priest who became the leader of a rebel group and who was to have taken part in peace talks with the Government this summer, died on Feb. 14 in a jungle hideout, a...
The National Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla insurgency group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict, which has existed in Colombia since 1964.
Sep 13, 2005 · Manuel Perez, 62, a native of Spain who for decades led the National Liberation Army, or ELN, died Feb. 14 at a jungle hideout, said Francisco Galan, a jailed rebel leader.
