Bernardo Alvarado Monzón

Bernardo Alvarado Monzón was a Guatemalan communist leader. He led the clandestine Guatemalan Party of Labour (PGT), and became its general secretary. Under Alvarado's leadership the party adopted the line of 'Popular Revolutionary War'.

Bernardo Alvarado was captured by state forces on September 26, 1972 in Guatemala City. He was killed soon thereafter.

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