List of massacres in Peru

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Peru (numbers may be approximate):

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Punta Lobos massacre 1350 AD Punta Lobos 200Unexplained murders of approximately 200 fishermens in a giant human sacrifice ceremony by members of the powerful Chimu people [1]
Battle of Cajamarca November 16, 1532 Cajamarca 2,000The Spanish killed thousands of Atahualpa's counselors, commanders, and unarmed attendants in the great plaza of Cajamarca, and caused his armed host outside the town to flee
Cañete Valley Anti-Chinese massacre 1881Cañete Valley500 - 1,500In one 1881 pogrom in the Cañete Valley it is estimated that 500 to 1,500 Chinese were killed. [2]
Limazo February 3-5 1975Lima86 [3] Several police and civil strikes against the government cause looting and fires in Lima. The armed forces suppress the rebels and strikers with violence and regain control of the city.
Lucanamarca massacre April 3, 1983 Lucanamarca 69Carried out by Shining Path
Socos Massacre November 13, 1983Town of Socos, Department of Ayacucho 32Carried out by Peruvian Civil Guard
Soras massacre July 16, 1984Several localities in the province of Sucre, Department of Ayacucho 109 [4] -117 [5] Carried out by Shining Path
Muru Muru massacreNovember, 1984Chungui, Ayacucho 10Carried out by Civil Defense Patrols [6]
Oronqoy massacreDecember, 1984Chungui, Ayacucho 29Carried out by Civil Defense Patrols [6]
Putis massacre December 1984 Putis, Santillana District, Department of Ayacucho 123Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces
Accomarca massacre August 14, 1985Accomarca, Ayacucho 47-74Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces
Peruvian prison massacres June 1986Prisons in Lima and CallaoAt least 224Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces
Aucayacu massacre August 6, 1986Accomarca, José Crespo Y Castillo District 10Carried out by Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
Cayara massacre May 14, 1988 Cayara District, Ayacucho 39Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces
La Hoyada massacre September 12, 1988La Hoyoda, Pucallpa 8Carried out by Shining Path
Pucallpa massacre February 9, 1989 Pucallpa, Ucayali 9 [7] -30 [8] Carried out by National Police of Peru [9]
Tarapoto massacre May 31, 1989 Tarapoto, Department of San Martín 8Carried out by MRTA [10]
Ccano massacre February 23, 1991Ccano, La Mar Province 32Carried out by Shining Path [11]
Santa Barbara massacre July 4, 1991Santa Barbara, Huancavelica 15Carried out by Peruvian Army [12] [13]
Barrios Altos massacre November 3, 1991 Lima 15Carried out by government-affiliated Colina Group
4 injured
Santa massacre May 2, 1992 Santa Province, Ancash Region 9Carried out by government-affiliated Colina Group
Frecuencia Latina bombing June 5, 1992 Jesús María District, Lima3A Truck Bomb loaded with half a ton of dynamite, went to the front of a television station of channel Frecuencia 2 (renamed Latina Televisión in 2014) and exploded, destroying it
Tarata bombing July 16, 1992Tarata St., Miraflores, Lima25Two large truck bombs explode in the wealthy Miraflores District, killing 25, injuring 250 and damaging hundreds of houses and businesses. The communist group Shining Path claimed responsibility.
La Cantuta massacre July 18, 1992 Lima 109 students and a professor were killed by government-affiliated Colina Group
2002 Lima bombing March 20, 2002 Santiago de Surco, Lima9A Car bomb exploded at "El Polo", a mall in a wealthy district of Lima near the U.S. embassy
2002 Villa Virgen massacre July 25, 2002 Villa Virgen district, Department of Cuzco 3Murder of 3 Andean settlers by Ashánincas [14]
Bagua Massacre June 5, 2009 Bagua, Amazonas department 3333 people die during combat between Peru's Army and indigenous peoples in the Bagua [15] [16]
2017 Lima shooting February 17–18, 2017 Independencia/San Martín de Porres and Los Olivos, Lima6 (including the perpetrator)Eduardo Glicerio Romero Naupay opened fire on shoppers at a shopping center, killing five and wounding nine others before being shot in the head by police
San Miguel del Ene massacre May 23, 2021San Miguel del Ene, Satipo Province 14-18Carried out by the Militarized Communist Party of Peru

Government of Dina Boluarte (2022-)

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Ayacucho massacre December 15, 2022 Ayacucho 10Carried out by the Peruvian Army
Juliaca massacre January 9, 2023 Juliaca, Puno 18Carried out by the Peruvian National Police

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