Original sentence: By the early 1970s, the FSLN was launching limited military initiatives.Sandino was assassinated in 1934 by the National Guard (), the police force of US-equipped Anastasio Somoza Debayle, whose  family ruled the country from 1936 until they were overthrown by the Sandinistas in 1979.Their aim was to overthrow the Somoza regime and establish a Marxist state (although such idealism appears to have been at least partly opportunistic, rather than devoted, as a means to secure Eastern Bloc military support to enable seizing and maintaining power by force)
Edited sentence: By the early 1970s, the FSLN had gained enough support from peasants, and student groups to launch limited military initiatives.Outraged by the martial excesses and economic and social injustices of the ruling government, their aim was to overthrow the Somoza regime.Sandino was assassinated in 1934 by the National Guard (), a police force trained and equipped by the United States military which was established to permit Anastasio Somoza García to consolidate his control of the country.The Somoza family ruled the country from 1936 until they were overthrown by the Sandinistas in 1979