The People's Liberation Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Popular de Liberación) also known as the Cinchoneros, was a paramilitary socialist organization active in the 1980s in Honduras.
The MPL was one of the primary militant organizations in Honduras at the time, along with the Lorenzo Zelaya Popular Revolutionary Forces.
The group was born in september of 1979 Inspired by the Sandinista victory in Nicaragua by former members of the Communist Party of Honduras (PCH) which was going through a division between those who were more oriented to support the Soviet Union and those towards the People's Republic of China.
The group took its name from 19th century Honduran peasant leader Serapio Romero (nicknamed Cinchonero), who was executed by decapitation in 1868 for leading a rebellion.
The group was suspected of assassinating General Gustavo Álvarez Martínez leader of the death squad battalion 3-16 in 1989.