National Resistance Armed Forces

The National Resistance Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional) was the military arm of National Resistance, a Salvadoran socialist organization that was founded on May 10, 1975, when ideological differences within the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) and the assassinations of Roque Dalton and Armando Arteaga made some members break away from the ERP. Ernesto Jovel was its first general secretary. Other founding members of the RN included Eduardo Sancho (aka Fermán Cienfuegos), Lil Milagro Ramírez, Julia Rodríguez and Arsenio.^[1]

National Resistance Armed Forces
Fuerzas Armadas de la Resistencia Nacional
Founding leader	Ernesto Jovel
Dates of operation	1975–1992
Country	El Salvador
Allegiance	Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
Ideology	Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism
Part of	National Resistance
Opponents	Salvadoran junta United States
Battles and wars	Salvadoran Civil War

See also

• History of El Salvador
• Salvadoran Civil War