Gustavo Álvarez Martínez

Biography:

Gustavo Adolfo Álvarez Martínez was a Honduran military officer. He was head of the armed forces of Honduras from January 1982 being ousted on 31 March 1984 by fellow officers when he sought to expand his control over the armed forces. The notorious Honduran army unit Battalion 3-16 reporting directly to Álvarez Martínez was active during this period in which Honduras was a base for the Contras opposing the Sandinistas in neighbouring Nicaragua.