Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front

**Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front**
**Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez**
**(*FPMR*)**
Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front; Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez ; (FPMR)
	Official and historical flag of the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (FPMR)
Leader	Raúl Pellegrin (Comandante José Miguel or Rodrigo), (1983–1988) ; Galvarino Apablaza (Comandante Salvador), (1988–2001);
Dates of operation	14 December 1983 – 1999
Motives	Overthrow Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship and establish a socialist state in Chile
Active regions	Chile
Ideology	Communism; Marxism-Leninism; Guevarism; Foco theory; Socialist patriotism; Rodriguismo; Revolutionary socialism;
Political position	Far-left
Notable attacks	Operation XX Century; (Assassination attempt against Augusto Pinochet's retinue in 1986); Operation Prince; (Kidnapping of Chilean Army colonel Carlos Carreño in 1987); Taking of Los Queñes; (Occupying the village of Los Queñes during the National Patriotic War in 1988); Assassination of UDI founder, senator and Pinochet regime collaborator Jaime Guzmán in 1991; Kidnapping of Cristián Edwards in between 1991 and 1992; Operation Flight of Justice; (Helicopter escape of FPMR militants from the CAS in 1996);
Size	1.500–4.000 militants (1986)
Part of	Communist Party of Chile; (until 1987)
Allies	MIR

The Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (in Spanish: Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez, FPMR) was a Marxist-Leninist guerrilla organisation officially founded on 14 December 1983 as the military wing of the Communist Party of Chile in the context of this party policy denominated as the "Política de Rebelión Popular de Masas", created with the goal of a violent overthrow of the civic-military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

It was described as a terrorist organization by the US Department of State and by MI6 until 1999, when the FPMR ceased its armed activity, 9 years after the end of the Pinochet transfer of power.

The FPMR was estimated to be made up of 1,500 to 4,000 militants and combatants.

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