Since the group has not engaged in any known attack since the incident in 2003, it is likely that the group is an alias or offshoot of a larger guerilla group  --  possibly the FARC. Attacks against opposition leaders, if supported by Chavez, could potentially become more frequent if Chavez begins to lose support. However, associations between the Bolivarian Guerilla Movement and Chavez or Colombian guerilla groups are not proven. If the group is not connected to the larger Bolivarian Revolution movement  --  either in Venezuela or Colombia -- it is likely that the attack was an isolated incident targeting Montoya.

EPA (Ejercito del Pueblo en Armas) -- Faction
National Liberation Army (Colombia) -- Ally (Suspected)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) -- Ally (Suspected)

The Bolivarian Liberation Forces (FBL) first appeared in Venezuela in the fall of 1992, claiming responsibility for several attacks on public officials accused of corruption.  The attacks the FBL claimed credit for included the September 23 shooting of prominent labor leader and legislator Antonio Rios, a hand grenade attack on the mansion of former Venezuelan President Jaime Lusinchi (whose wife had recently fled the country to avoid embezzlement charges), an attempted assassination of Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez near the Venezuelan border, and a knife attack on the former president of the Social Security Institute Pedro Cesar Izquiel.<br /><p><br />In a four-page communiqu&#233; sent to major Venezuelan newspapers on November 11, 1992, the FBL vowed that it would "restore the dignity" of the country, but that it did not "intend to replace the justice system."  But, the statement continued, "unless there is effective punishment, we will see ourselves forced to continue carrying out our dignifying task."<br /><p><br />In the early 1990s the Venezuelan economy was in decline due to low petroleum prices, leading to popular unrest and dissatisfaction with the political leadership.  Petroleum is Venezuela's primary export.  In February 1992 a Venezuelan Army officer, Lt. Col. Hugo Chavez, launched an unsuccessful coup against the government.<br /><p><br />In October 1992, Commandante Zacarias, the ostensible leader of the FBL gave an interview with the Venezuelan newspaper <i>El Nacional</i> and stated that he supported the coup plotters, but had no links with them.<br />