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
  1. "Atentado al Congreso de 1848". Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. 11 Killed, 4 Hurt Before Posse Slays Hatchet Man, Chicago Daily Tribune (February 20, 1942)
  3. Un campesino loco mata a 11 personas y hiere a otras 4, El Tiempo (Colombia) (February 20, 1942)
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