Guatemala Armed Forces (non-sanctioned) National Liberation Movement
Allies
Guatemala Armed Forces
Opponents
Guatemalan Party of Labor
Battles and wars
Guatemalan Civil War
Mano Blanca (Spanish for 'White Hand'), was a Guatemalan right-wing, anti-communist death squad,[1] set up in 1966 to prevent Julio César Méndez Montenegro from being inaugurated as the president of Guatemala. While initially autonomous from the government, it was absorbed into the Guatemalan State's counter-terror apparatus and evolved into a paramilitary unit of the Guatemalan armed forces, and was responsible for the murder and torture of thousands of people in rural Guatemala.[2] The group received support from the Guatemalan army and government, as well as from the United States. The group was officially known as the Movimiento de Acción Nacionalista Organizado (English: Movement of Organized Nationalist Action) which gives the acronym "MANO", (Spanish: hand). The group was variously known by its full name, by MANO, or most popularly by Mano Blanca, or "White Hand."
ManoBlanca (Spanish for 'White Hand'), was a Guatemalan right-wing, anti-communist death squad, set up in 1966 to prevent Julio César Méndez Montenegro...
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