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):

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Political or historical massacres

NameDateLocationDeathsInjuriesNotes
Wulaia massacre 6 November 1859 Bahía Wulaia, Navarino Island 80Murder of eight unarmed Europeans by about three hundred Yaghans
Meat riots 22–24 October 1905Santiago de Chile250Unknown
Plaza Colón massacre 6 February 1906 Antofagasta 48 [1] - 300 [2] Unknownan undetermined number of workers who were on a general strike were killed by Order Guard and Sailors of the armored frigate Blanco Encalada while they were gathered in Plaza Colón. [3]
Santa María School massacre 21 December 1907 Iquique 2000Unknown
Forrahue massacre 21 October 1912 Forrahue, near Osorno 15 [4] UnknownKilling of Mapuche-Huilliche farmers by Chilean police
Marusia massacre March 1925 Antofagasta 500Unknown
Ranquil massacre June–July 1934 Alto Biobío 477Unknown
Seguro Obrero massacre 5 September 1938 Santiago de Chile 602The 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 1070
Laja massacre 18 September 1973 Laja and San Rosendo 19Unknown [5]
Operation Colombo 1975Chile119Unknown
Cerro Gallo massacre 1975Cerro Gallo, Colonia Dignidad 21 [6] 0The 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 [7]
Attack on Carol Urzúa 30 August 1983 Las Condes 30At least three members of the Chilean army were killed in an ambush by members of the revolutionary left-wing movement [8] [9]
Caso Degollados 28–30 March 1985Chile30
Santiago Penitentiary riot18 October 1985Santiago de Chile825Escape attempt of common prisoners and political prisoners. [10] [11]
Operation Albania 15–16 June 1987Santiago120
Apoquindo massacre 21 October 1993 Las Condes 812
2010 Santiago prison fire 8 December 2010Santiago8119

Spree killers

DateLocationDeathsInjuriesNotes
7 June 1957 Valdivia 62Perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison.
20 August 1960 San Carlos 6–70Perpetrator was sentenced to death and executed in 1963.
15 July 1963Valdivia8 (including the perpetrator)0Familicide. Perpetrator committed suicide. [12]
17 December 1999 Valparaíso 31 (the perpetrator) Valparaíso school shootings: Perpetrator wounded after he tried committing suicide, [13] but eventually recovered and was acquitted by reason of insanity. Committed suicide in 2011. [14]
8 August 2019 Puente Alto 53Part of an organized crime dispute. [15] [16] [17] Both perpetrators were sentenced to life imprisonment.

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  2. ↑ Floreal Recabarren, Juan. "Episodios de la vida regional" (PDF). www.memoriachilena.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "A 113 años de la Matanza de la Plaza Colón - Timeline.cl". www.timeline.cl (in Spanish). 6 February 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "17 Chileans accused of involvement in 'Massacre of Laja-San Rosendo' - Chile Today". Chile Today. November 15, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Presentan querella por asesinatos de prisioneros en Cerro Gallo al interior de Colonia Dignidad – Villa Grimaldi". villagrimaldi.cl (in Spanish). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
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  10. ↑ "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.
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  12. ↑ – "Mató a Hachazos a su Familia y luego se Ahorcó". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). July 1963. – "Mató a su mujer y a sus seis hijos y luego se ahorcó". Diario El Labrador (in Spanish). 21 July 2013. p. 2. – Herrera, César (2016-01-28). "La estremecedora historia del panadero que mató a su familia con un hacha en Río Bueno" (in Spanish).
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