Second National Front of Escambray

Second National Front of Escambray
Segundo Frente Nacional del Escambray (SFNE)
Comandante Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo
Leaders	Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo and Dr. Armando Fleites
Split from	Revolutionary Directorate of 13 March
Country	Cuba
Active regions	Escambray Mountains, Sancti Spíritus, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos
Ideology	Anti-communism
Political position	Left-wing[1]
Allies	Revolutionary Directorate of 13 March 26th of July Movement (until 1959) Student Revolutionary Directorate Cuban Revolutionary Council Alpha 66
Opponents	Fulgencio Batista's Government Fidel Castro's Government 26th of July Movement (after 1959)
Battles and wars	Cuban Revolution Escambray rebellion Battle of Santa Clara Battle of Guisa
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Second National Front of Escambray (Spanish: Segundo Frente Nacional del Escambray) was an independent guerilla group led by Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo and Dr. Armando Fleites and included Roger Redondo, Ramiro Lorenzo, Jorge Castellón, Jesús Carreras Saya, Lázaro Artola, Genaro Arroyo, and others in the Cuban central Escambray Mountains.^[2] William Alexander Morgan was also a part of the Escambray group.^[3] While initially the group supported Fidel Castro in his efforts to overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, after Castro took power some of its members joined former Batista soldiers and local farmers in the Escambray Rebellion (1959–1965) opposing Castro.^[4]