List of massacres in Venezuela
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Venezuela (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Storming of the Venezuelan National Congress | 1848, 24 January | Caracas | 4 | Brawl at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Congress in Caracas between the Conservatives and Liberals, which had led almost two decades of continuous clashes.[1] |
El Corozo massacre[2][3] | 1942, 18 February | El Corozo village, Trujillo state | 12 | 4 Wounded |
Cantaura massacre | 1982, 4 October | Cantaura, Anzoátegui state | 23 | Guerilla fighters killed. |
Yumare massacre | 1986, 8 May | Yaracuy state | 9 | Massacre of members of the subversive group Punto Cero by the DISIP. |
Massacre of El Amparo | 1988, 29 October | El Amparo, Apure state | 14 | Massacre of fishermen near the village of El Amparo. |
Retén de Catia massacre | 1992, 27 November | Retén de Catia, Caracas | 63-200+ | Massacre by the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police of prison inmates during the second 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt |
Cararabo massacre | 1995, 25 February | Frontier with the Vichada Department, Colombia | 8 | Venezuelan soldiers in a border garrison were killed by an ELN guerrillas commanded by a Venezuelan National Guard deserter. |
San Román Tragedy | 1995, 23 June | Caracas | 5 | Hostage crisis. Eight wounded. |
Llaguno Overpass events (El Silencio massacre) | 2002, 11 April | Caracas | 19 | Shootout between the Metropolitan Police and pro-government gunmen during an opposition march to the presidential Miraflores Palace. |
Kennedy massacre | 2005, 27 November | Caracas | 3 | College students killed by police officers. Three wounded. |
Los Maniceros massacre | 2009, October | La Tala, Táchira state | 11 | Kidnapping of a Colombian amateur association football team. |
Uribana massacre | 2013, 25 January | Barquisimeto, Lara state | 61 | Prison riot. One hundred and twenty wounded. |
Coro massacre | 2013, 4 July | Coro, Falcón state | 2 | Shooting of the National Guard of a woman and her daughters. The mother and one of the daughters were killed, while the two remaining daughters were helped shortly afterwards. |
Sabaneta massacre | 2013, 16 September | Sabaneta, Zulia state | 16 | Gang violence in prison. Forty eight wounded. |
Altagracia massacre | 2014, 10 November | Altagracia de Orituco, Guárico state | 11 | Ambush by El Picure gang |
2016 Tumeremo massacre | 2016, 8 March | Tumeremo, Bolívar state | 4 | Disappearance of twenty eight miners. Twenty four miners remain missing. |
El Valle massacre | 2016, 21 March | Caracas | 10 | Gang violence. Fourteen wounded. |
Barlovento massacre | 2016, Late | Barlovento, Miranda state | 12 | Disappearance by a Operación Liberación del Pueblo operative. On 25 November common graves were found in the area by the CICPC. |
Cariaco massacre | 2016, 11 November | Cariaco, Sucre state | 9 | Massacre of fishermen. Four wounded. |
El Junquito massacre | 2018, 15 January | El Junquito | 10 | Rebel leader Óscar Alberto Pérez, six rebels and three officials killed. |
August 2018 Tumeremo massacre | 2018, 26 August | Tumeremo, Bolívar state | 12+ | |
October 2018 Tumeremo massacre | 2018, 14–16 October | Tumeremo, Bolívar state | 7+ | |
Amazonas ambush | 2018, November 4 | Amazonas (Venezuelan state) | 3 | 3 Venezuelan border guards were killed and 10 were wounded in a suspected ELN rebel attack |
Kumarakapay massacre | 2019, 22 February | San Francisco de Yuruaní, Bolívar (state) | 5 | Massacre of Pemon civilians by the Venezuelan Army. Part of the Pemon conflict. |
La Vega raid | 2021, 8 January | Caracas | 23 | Police raid to take control of La Vega Parish, which was controlled by the El Loco gang. |
References
- "Atentado al Congreso de 1848". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- 11 Killed, 4 Hurt Before Posse Slays Hatchet Man, Chicago Daily Tribune (February 20, 1942)
- Un campesino loco mata a 11 personas y hiere a otras 4, El Tiempo (Colombia) (February 20, 1942)
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