List of massacres in Venezuela

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

NameDateLocationDeathsNotes
Night of the Machetes 1913Amazonas state65-400 [1] [2]
El Corozo massacre [3] [4] 1942, 18 FebruaryEl Corozo village, Trujillo state 1250-year-old farmer Gregorio Cáceres kills eleven people and seriously injured four others with an ax and a knife in El Corozo, a village in Trujillo, in addition to killing several animals and then escaping in the jungle, but ended up being tracked down and shot dead by police
Cantaura massacre 1982, 4 October Cantaura, Anzoátegui state23Guerilla fighters killed.
Yumare massacre 1986, 8 May Yaracuy state9Massacre of members of the subversive group Punto Cero by the DISIP.
Massacre of El Amparo 1988, 29 October El Amparo, Apure state14Massacre of fishermen near the village of El Amparo.
Caracazo [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] 1989, February–MarchVenezuela277–5,000 [10] [11] A week of unrest in response to controversial economic liberalization policies proposed Carlos Andrés Pérez that led him to implement Plan Ávila
Retén de Catia massacre 1992, 27 November Retén de Catia  [ es ], Caracas 63–200+ [12] Massacre by the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police of prison inmates during the second 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt [13] [14]
1994 Sabaneta fire 1994, 3 January Maracaibo, Zulia 108least 108 inmates died in a riot followed by Fire [15]
Cararabo massacre  [ es ]1995, 25 FebruaryFrontier with the Vichada Department, Colombia8Venezuelan soldiers in a border garrison were killed by an ELN guerrillas commanded by a Venezuelan National Guard deserter. [16] [17] [18]
San Román Tragedy  [ es ]1995, 23 June Caracas 5Hostage crisis. Eight wounded. [19]
La Planta massacre1996, 22 OctoberCaracas29 [20] [21] at least 29 inmates were burned to death in La Planta prison in Caracas, after members of the Guardia Nacional (GN), locked them into an overcrowded cell and threw tear-gas canisters into it, which set it on fire. [22] [23] [24]
Llaguno Overpass events (El Silencio massacre)2002, 11 April Caracas 19Shootout between the Metropolitan Police and pro-government gunmen during an opposition march to the presidential Miraflores Palace.
Kennedy massacre  [ es ]2005, 27 November Caracas 3College students killed by police officers. Three wounded. [25] [26] [27] [28]
El 70 massacre  [ es ]2009, 22 September El Valle Parish, Caracas10Officers from the now defunct Caracas Metropolitan Police  [ es ] (PM) murdered ten young women identified as alleged members of a criminal gang that operated in different areas of the parish. [29]
Los Maniceros massacre 2009, OctoberLa Tala, Táchira state11Kidnapping of a Colombian amateur association football team.
Uribana prison riot 2013, 25 January Barquisimeto, Lara state61Prison riot. One hundred and twenty wounded.
Yare prison riot 2012, 20 August Yare I prison complex, Miranda state 25Armed prisoners in the Yare I prison complex, an overcrowded prison in Miranda state near Caracas, rioted. A shootout between two groups resulted in the deaths of 25 people, one of them a visitor
Coro massacre  [ es ]2013, 4 July Coro, Falcón state2Shooting of the National Guard of a woman and her daughters. The mother and one of the daughters were killed, while the two remaining daughters were helped shortly afterwards. [30] [31] [32] [33]
Sabaneta massacre  [ es ]2013, 16 SeptemberSabaneta, Zulia state16Gang violence in prison. Forty eight wounded. [34] [35]
Altagracia massacre 2014, 10 November Altagracia de Orituco  [ es ], Guárico state11Ambush by El Picure gang [36] [37]
2016 Tumeremo massacre 2016, 8 MarchTumeremo, Bolívar state4Disappearance of twenty eight miners. Twenty four miners remain missing.
El Valle massacre  [ es ]2016, 21 March Caracas 10Gang violence. Fourteen wounded. [38] [39]
Barlovento massacre  [ es ]2016, Late Barlovento, Miranda state12Disappearance by a Operación Liberación del Pueblo  [ es ] operative. On 25 November common graves were found in the area by the CICPC. [40] [41] [42]
Cariaco massacre  [ es ]2016, 11 November Cariaco, Sucre state9Massacre of fishermen. 3 wounded. [43]
Amazonas Judicial Detention Center Massacre  [ es ]2017, 15 August Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas state 39At least 39 people died in a jail riot in Venezuela's southern state of Amazonas [44] [45]
El Junquito massacre 2018, 15 January El Junquito 10Rebel leader Óscar Alberto Pérez, six rebels and three officials killed.
August 2018 Tumeremo massacre [46] [47] [48] 2018, 26 AugustTumeremo, Bolívar state12+
2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire 2018, 28 March Valencia, Carabobo69a fire broke out during a prison riot in the cells at the Carabobo state police headquarters in Valencia, The fire killed at least 69 people and injured scores of others. [49]
October 2018 Tumeremo massacre 2018, 14–16 OctoberTumeremo, Bolívar state7+
Amazonas ambush 2018, November 4 Amazonas (Venezuelan state) 33 Venezuelan border guards were killed and 10 were wounded in a suspected ELN rebel attack
Acarigua prison riot 2019, 24 May Acarigua, Portuguesa 29At least 29 prisoners are killed during a prison riot in Acarigua
Kumarakapay massacre 2019, 22 February San Francisco de Yuruaní, Bolívar (state) 11-25Massacre of Pemon civilians by the Venezuelan Army. Part of the Pemon conflict.
Guanare prison riot 2020, 1 May Guanare, Portuguesa state 47A riot and attempted escape attempt leaves 47 dead and 75 injured in the Centro Penitenciario de los Llanos in Guanare
La Vega raid 2021, 8 January Caracas 23Police raid to take control of La Vega Parish, which was controlled by the El Loco gang.

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