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
El Corozo massacre [1] [2] 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 [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 1989, February–MarchVenezuela277–5,000 [8] [9] 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+ [10] Massacre by the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police of prison inmates during the second 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt [11] [12]
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. [13] [14] [15]
San Román Tragedy  [ es ]1995, 23 June Caracas 5Hostage crisis. Eight wounded. [16]
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. [17] [18] [19] [20]
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.
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. [21] [22] [23] [24]
Sabaneta massacre  [ es ]2013, 16 SeptemberSabaneta, Zulia state16Gang violence in prison. Forty eight wounded. [25] [26]
Altagracia massacre 2014, 10 November Altagracia de Orituco  [ es ], Guárico state11Ambush by El Picure gang [27] [28]
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. [29] [30]
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. [31] [32] [33]
Cariaco massacre  [ es ]2016, 11 November Cariaco, Sucre state9Massacre of fishermen. 3 wounded. [34]
El Junquito massacre 2018, 15 January El Junquito 10Rebel leader Óscar Alberto Pérez, six rebels and three officials killed.
August 2018 Tumeremo massacre [35] [36] [37] 2018, 26 AugustTumeremo, Bolívar state12+
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
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.
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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References

  1. ↑ 11 Killed, 4 Hurt Before Posse Slays Hatchet Man, Chicago Daily Tribune (February 20, 1942)
  2. ↑ Un campesino loco mata a 11 personas y hiere a otras 4, El Tiempo (Colombia) (February 20, 1942)
  3. ↑ Kingsbury, Donald (December 2013). "Between Multitude and Pueblo: Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution and the Government of Un-governability". New Political Science. 35 (4): 567–585. doi:10.1080/07393148.2013.848702. ISSN   0739-3148. the caracazo—an anti-neoliberal uprising and massacre in 1989
  4. ↑ Velasco, Alejandro (2015-07-24). "7. Killing Democracy's Promise: A Massacre of People and Expectations". Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela. University of California Press. p. 194. doi:10.1525/9780520959187. ISBN   978-0-520-95918-7.
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  7. ↑ "Hugo Chavez death reports wrong, says vice-president". The Telegraph . 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2024-01-21. 'Caracazo', the massacre of hundreds of people in 1989
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