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MAPU Lautaro
Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro
LeaderGuillermo Ossandón
Founded1982
Dissolved1994[1]
Preceded byPopular Unitary Action Movement
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Maoism
Political positionFar-left
ColoursGreen, Red

The Lautaro Youth Movement (Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro, or MJL) also known as MAPU Lautaro was a left-wing armed organization in Chile, founded in 1982 by Guillermo Ossandón.

History

During the Military dictatorship in Chile some members of the Popular Unitary Action Movement formed the Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro to pursue guerrilla warfare. The MJL was named after Lautaro, leader of the indigenous resistance in Chile.

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