Assasination of Augusto Sandino

The Assasination of Augusto Sandino (Español: Asesinato de Augusto Sandino) was an elaborated plan by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency to assassinate Central American leader Augusto Cesar Sandino.

= Background =

Leftist revolutionary leader Augusto Sandino, became victorious after the end of the Banana rebellion in 1934. He would become the main builder and leader of the new "Central American Republic", originated from the previous American unincorporated organized territory of Honduras and Nicaragua. The Central American People's Republic was already the second socialist in Central America, but it was significantly larger in territory, population, economy and military than its socialist counterpart, Chiapas. This meant an alarming threat for American Hegemony in Central America.

= Earlier Attempts =

The Central Intelligence Agency had attempted three previous times to get rid off of Sandino