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involvement in Honduras, possibly with links to former Nicaraguan government officials. Although linked with the

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, it has not set out any Marxist aims. It is often considered a

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organisation by external observers. In 1988, it claimed responsibility for bombing the Peace Corps; this was followed by two bus bombings in 1989 and 1990, and a grenade attack wounding seven US soldiers. It was one of few paramilitary groups not to lay down their arms after the US-backed Contras, no longer fighting against Daniel Ortega's government, having replaced

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in Nicaragua, left Honduras. FPM's last attack was in April 1995, when a leaflet bomb exploded close to the offices of several foreign press agencies, with no injuries. The group is not longer considered active.

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{{Reflist Communism in Honduras Guerrilla movements in Latin America Political history of Honduras