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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Chile (numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Date | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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