List of massacres in Chile
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Chile (numbers may be approximate):
Political or historical massacres
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Notes |
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Meat riots | 22–24 October 1905 | Santiago de Chile | 250 | Unknown | |
Plaza Colón massacre | 6 February 1906 | Antofagasta | 300 | Unknown | |
Santa María School massacre | 21 December 1907 | Iquique | 2000 | Unknown | |
Forrahue massacre | 21 October 1912 | Forrahue, near Osorno | 15[1] | Unknown | Killing of Mapuche-Huilliche farmers by Chilean police |
Marusia massacre | March 1925 | Antofagasta | 500 | Unknown | |
Ranquil massacre | June–July 1934 | Alto Biobío | 477 | Unknown | |
Seguro Obrero massacre | 5 September 1938 | Santiago de Chile | 60 | 2 | The police, allegedly on presidential orders, massacred Chilean fascists who were members of the National Socialist Movement of Chile following a failed coup |
Massacre of Puerto Montt | 9 March 1969 | Llanquihue | 10 | 70 | |
Laja massacre | 18 September 1973 | Laja and San Rosendo | 19 | Unknown | [2] |
Operation Colombo | 1975 | Chile | 119 | Unknown | |
Cerro Gallo massacre | 1975 | Cerro Gallo, Colonia Dignidad | 21 | 0 | The military squads fired on prisoners who, once dead, were passed off as guerrillas who would have tried to enter Chile from Argentina by crossing the Andes mountain range[3] |
Attack on Carol Urzúa | 30 August 1983 | Las Condes | 3 | 0 | At least three members of the Chilean army were killed in an ambush by members of the revolutionary left-wing movement[4][5] |
Caso Degollados | 28–30 March 1985 | Chile | 3 | 0 | |
Santiago Penitentiary riot | 18 October 1985 | Santiago de Chile | 8 | 25 | Escape attempt of common prisoners and political prisoners.[6][7] |
Operation Albania | 15–16 June 1987 | Santiago | 12 | 0 | |
Apoquindo massacre | 21 October 1993 | Las Condes | 8 | 12 | |
2010 Santiago prison fire | 8 December 2010 | Santiago | 81 | 19 |
Mass murders
Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Notes |
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6 November 1859 | Bahía Wulaia, Navarino Island | 8 | 0 | Murder of eight unarmed Europeans by about three hundred Yaghans |
7 June 1957 | Pupunahue, Valdivia | 6 | 2 | Perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison. |
20 August 1960 | Nahueltoro, San Carlos | 6 | 0 | Perpetrator was sentenced to death and executed in 1963 |
17 December 1999 | Valparaíso | 3 | 1 (the perpetrator) | Valparaíso school shootings: Perpetrator wounded after he tried committing suicide,[8] but eventually recovered and was acquitted by reason of insanity. Committed suicide in 2011.[9] |
8 August 2019 | Puente Alto | 5 | 3 | Part of an organized crime dispute.[10][11][12] Both perpetrators were sentenced to life imprisonment. |
References
- ^ Díaz, Catalina (October 19, 2017). "Osorninos recuerdan los 105 años de la mayor matanza que recuerde la provincia". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "17 Chileans accused of involvement in 'Massacre of Laja-San Rosendo' - Chile Today". Chile Today. November 15, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ Seitz, Max (July 22, 2016). "Exclusivo de BBC Mundo: los macabros detalles de Colonia Dignidad que escondían los archivos desclasificados por Alemania". BBC News (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ DEL RIO, ALEJANDRO (August 31, 1983). "El general Carol Urzúa, gobernador de Santiago de Chíle, y otros dos militares, muertos a consecuencia de un atentado - Internacional". El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ^ "URZUA IBAÑEZ CAROL MIGUEL ANGEL Muerto - Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Cinco muertos en el motín de una cárcel de Santiago de Chile - Internacional - EL PAÍS". El País (in Spanish). 18 October 1985. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Fired Chilean teacher kills three in rampage". Google Groups. 19 December 1999. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
- ^ Meneses, FJ (4 April 2013). "Asesinato en el día de la PAA – 1999 - El Archivo-N". elarchivoene.wordpress.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "5 killed in Chile while shooting in gambling club - NEWS.am". NEWS.am. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "Tiroteo deja 5 muertos en comuna de Puente Alto. – Radio Riquelme". radioriquelme.cl (in Spanish). August 8, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ Rojas, Tamara (June 23, 2022). "Presidio perpetuo para autores de tiroteo que dejó 5 muertos en negocio tragamonedas de Puente Alto - Nacional". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved September 16, 2023.
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