Agustín Farabundo Martí (born May 5, 1893, Teotepeque – died February 1, 1932) was a revolutionary in El Salvador.

Early on, he worked with Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Augusto César Sandino, although they broke over political disagreements. Farabundo Marti, a communist, led with the Socorro Rojo Internacional, a communist alternative to the Red Cross. In 1932 he led a guerrilla revolt of indigenous campesinos. In the government reprisals, over thirty thousand indigenous people were killed in what became known as La Matanza. He was executed by the U.S.-organized National Guard.

The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front was named after him.

See also

• Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
• History of El Salvador
• Politics of El Salvador
• Santa Ana, El Salvador
• List of Socialists

1893 births | 1932 deaths | Salvadoran communists

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