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| Honduras and La Negra farms massacre | |
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| Part of Colombian conflict | |
| Native name | Masacre de las fincas Honduras y La Negra |
| Location | Honduras farm and La Negra farm Turbo, Antioquia, Colombia |
| Date | March 4, 1988 |
| Deaths | 20 |
The Honduras and La Negra farms massacre, also known as the Urabá massacre, was the 4 March 1988 mass killing of farmworkers at the Honduras and La Negra farms in Turbo, Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia. [1] [2] [3]
20 former ELN guerrillas recruited and armed by the Colombian Army's Voltíjeros battalion attacked the Honduras farm in Currulao, Antioquia and killed 17 of its unionized peasant banana workers. [4] [5] The same men then traveled to the nearby La Negra farm and killed 3 of its workers. [1] [6]
The first 17 victims at the Honduras farm were sleeping with their families and other workers when they were attacked. They were all active members of the Antioquia Agricultural workers Trade Union (SINTAGRO). The perpetrators called out the victim's names one by one, ordered them to lie on the ground, and shot them. [1] [7]
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A memorial dedicated to the victims of the massacre, as well as 26 other murdered banana workers, stands in La Piña, Turbo, Antioquia. [8]
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