List of massacres in Puerto Rico

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The following list is a list of massacres that have occurred in Puerto Rico:

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Río Piedras massacre 1935-10-24 Río Piedras 5 [1]
Ponce massacre 1937-03-21 Ponce 21 [2]
Utuado uprising 1950-10-30 Utuado 10
Dupont Plaza Hotel arson 1986-12-31 San Juan 98 [3]
Cayey Massacre 1994-03-13 Cayey 4 [4]
Sabana Seca massacre 2009-10-17 Sabana Seca 8 [5]
2019 Río Piedras shooting 2019-10-14Río Piedras6 [6]
Mayagüez massacre2020-10-15 Mayagüez 3 [7] [8]
Caldo de Oso Massacre [9] [10] 2021-10-24 [11] Naranjito 3 [12] [13]
Cidra massacre2021-12-08 Cidra 5 [14] [15]
2023 Carolina, Puerto Rico, massacre 2023-06-25 Carolina 5 [16]

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  7. ↑ "Masacre en Mayagüez: Asesinan a tres personas en barrio El Maní". www.metro.pr (in Spanish). October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cinco sujetos son acusados por una masacre en Mayagüez en el 2020 - NotiCel". www.noticel.com (in Spanish). July 21, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
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  14. ↑ "Se eleva a cinco la cifra de víctimas de masacre en Cidra". www.telemundopr.com (in Spanish). December 9, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Massacre in Puerto Rico: Gunmen execute five men during birthday party". usacrime.com. December 9, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Vinculan masacre en Carolina al asesinato de las dos adolescentes en Piñones". Primera Hora (in Spanish). July 25, 2023.
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