Agustín Farabundo Martí Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [faɾaˈβundo maɾˈti]; 5 May 1893 – 1 February 1932) was a Marxist-Leninist activist and a revolutionary leader in El Salvador during La Matanza.

Martí would repeatedly make his parents aware of the unfair situation, not understanding why there was such a large gap in the amount and quality of food between his relatively wealthy family and the peasant workers around him.

[3] Martí decided to drop out of his Political Science and Jurisprudence program at the University of El Salvador in order to fight for his community and nation.

Upon his return from exile, Martí was appointed as a representative and invited to the conference of the Anti-Imperialist League of the Americas in New York City, where he met relatives of Nicaraguan revolutionary leader Augusto César Sandino.

In December 1930, at the height of the country's economic and social depression, Martí was once again exiled due to his rising popularity among the nation's peasants and working-class.

[citation needed] Once the new president Arturo Araujo was elected in March 1931, Martí returned to El Salvador and, along with Alfonso Luna and Mario Zapata, began the movement that was later truncated by the military.