Popular Liberation Army

Colombian communist guerrilla group founded in 1967 Popular Liberation ArmyEjército Popular de LiberaciónFlag of the EPLLeadersDavid León (captured),Francisco Caraballo (captured),Megateo †Dates active1967–presentActive regionsColombia, mostly in Norte de SantanderIdeologyCommunismMarxism–LeninismHoxhaismAnti-revisionismPolitical positionFar-leftSize132 (official estimate as of 2017)Part ofSimón Bolívar Guerrilla Coordinating BoardWarsthe Colombian conflict The Popular Liberation Army (Spanish: Ejército Popular de Liberación, EPL) is a Colombian anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group created in 1967. Most of its former members demobilized in 1991, forming the Esperanza, Paz y Libertad (Hope, Peace, and Liberty) party, but a dissident faction, formerly led by Megateo, known as "Los Pelusos", continue operating. On June 22, 1994, Francisco Caraballo, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Colombia (M–L) and Commander in Chief of the People's Liberation Army (Ejército Popular de Liberación, EPL), was arrested along with his wife, son and several other EPL members. Víctor Ramon Navarro Cervano, alias "Megateo," the leader of the last faction of the Pop