Manuel Pérez (guerrilla leader)

Manuel Pérez
Commander of the National Liberation Army
In office
October 19, 1973 – February 14, 1998
Personal details
BornGregorio Manuel Pérez Martínez
May 9, 1943
DiedFebruary 14, 1998 (age 54)

Manuel Pérez Martínez (May 9, 1943 – February 14, 1998), also known as "El Cura Pérez" ("Pérez the Priest"), was a Spanish Catholic communist and Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and 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.

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