The M-19 guerrilla group operated from 1974 to 1994.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The sources support a 1974 start (though some date it 1972 to 1973, and Britannica says 1973-74) but contradict the 1994 end date: they report the group demobilized after a March 1990 peace agreement. The claim also silently changes the post's 'MS-19' to 'M-19', which is a typo-level identifier fix and does not change the referent.
What was said
… So I don't know how could she be doing that and getting a doctorate degree in, in, in, in Berkeley at the same time? Uhm, but that's, you know, that was the claim, and it's probably true. He wasn't just an intellectual, you know. Uhm, MS-19 started from 1974 and allegedly ended in 1994, and that was not just in Colombia but throughout Latin America. I think her connections there, as well as in the cartels, helped get her the presidency in 2024. So that leads up to our situation. …
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Contradicts. Britannica and Reuters report that the M-19 signed a peace agreement in March 1990 and demobilized, which conflicts with the claim that it operated until 1994.[1][3]
Contradicts. Encyclopedia.com gives the active period as 1974 to 1990 and mappingmilitants.org gives disbanded in 1989, both contradicting a 1994 end date.[4][5]
Supports. Several sources date the group's formation to 1974, including the January 1974 sword theft and mappingmilitants.org, which gives 'Formed: January 17, 1974'.[2][5][6]
Context. The start date is disputed: sources variously give 1972, 1973, and 1973-74, and UCDP says the movement was created in 1973. A faction (the Jaime Bateman Cayón Group) that did not demobilize continued activity until 2001, while the political party AD M-19 persisted after 1990, but neither source supports the group as a guerrilla organization operating until 1994.[2][5][7][8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 6 not rated
- 1Colombia marks 40 years since deadly court siegereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2RIC Query - Colombia (25 March 2003)uscis.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 3M-19 | Members, Leaders, & Bolivar Sword | Britannicabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4M-19encyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5The April 19 Movement (M-19) - mappingmilitants.orgmappingmilitants.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 6Carlos Pizarro Leongómez - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7M-19 | UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Programucdp.uu.se · not rated · cited for: context
- 8[PDF] Country Advice Colombia - ecoi.netecoi.net · not rated · cited for: context
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