| Revolutionary Movement 13th November | |
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| Movimiento Revolucionario 13 Noviembre | |
| Founders | Luis Augusto Turcios Lima Marco Antonio Yon Sosa Luis Trejo Esquivel Alejandro de León |
| Leaders | Luis Augusto Turcios Lima Marco Antonio Yon Sosa Luis Trejo Esquivel |
| Foundation | 1960 |
| Dates of operation | 1960-1973 |
| Merged into | FAR |
| Ideology | Socialism Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Allies | PGT FAR |
| Battles and wars | Guatemalan Civil War |
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Revolutionary Movement 13th November (in Spanish: Movimiento Revolucionario 13 Noviembre) was a leftist movement in Guatemala. MR-13 was founded in 1960 by a group of dissident officers. It grew partly out of the popular protests against the government of President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes following his election in 1958.[1] It was led by Luis Augusto Turcios Lima, Marco Antonio Yon Sosa and Luis Trejo Esquivel.[2] Alejandro de León, co-founder of the group, was captured and shot by the judicial police in 1961. In 1963, MR-13 joined the Rebel Armed Forces (FAR).
MR-13 nominally continued to exist until 1973, after it was severely hampered in the 1966-67 counterinsurgency by the Guatemalan government.
- ^ May 1999, pp. 70–71.
- ^ Russell, Miller & Hildner 1974, p. 66.