List of massacres in Colombia
The following is a list of notable massacres in Colombia . According to the Grupo de Memoria Histórica, there were 2505 massacres in Colombia between 1973 and 2008.[1] The Colombian government defines "massacre" as the killing of 4 or more people in the same act.[2]
Name
Data
Place
Dead
Injured
Notes
Arauca, Cauca and Nariño massacres
August 22, 2020
Arauca , Cauca and Nariño
28[3]
unknown
Three massacres kill 28 people, in Arauca, Cauca, and Nariño[4] [5]
Bojayá massacre
May 2, 2002
Bojayá , Chocó
119
98
FARC launches a mortar bomb against a church during combat with AUC , killing at least 119 civilians, 48 of whom were children.
Jamundí massacre
February 21-22, 2005
Jamundí
11
0
Massacre of Ten policemen and a civilian by Colombian National Army
Macayepo massacre
October 14, 2000
Macayepo , Bolívar
15
0
Mass Murder of 15 Peasants By Héroes de los Montes de María, a unit of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)
Nariño massacres
February 4 and February 11, 2009
Nariño Department
27
0
27 indigenous Awás were massacred in two massacres perpetrated by members of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Villanueva Massacre
December 8, 1998
Villanueva , La Guajira
11
0
11 people were assassinated by members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) by orders of Carlos Castaño .
Machuca Massacre
October 18, 1998
Machuca, Antioquia
70[6] - 84[7]
30+
Guerillas belonging to the National Liberation Army (ELN) dynamited an oil pipeline which caused a spreading fire to the village. 70-84 people lost their lives, many of them children.
Pozzetto Massacre
December 4, 1986
Bogotá
30
12
Campo Elías Delgado kilis his mother and 28 others in a killing spree before being shot dead by police
Villatina Massacre
November 15, 1992
Medellín
9
0
At least eight children and one young adult killed by Colombian National Police
La Rochela massacre
January 18, 1989
La Rochela, Simacota
12
3
15 judicial officials, who were investigating crimes committed in the area, were rounded up and shot by a group of gunmen sent by Rodriguez Gacha . 12 of the officials were killed, while 3 survived
Banana massacre
December 6, 1928[8]
Ciénaga, Magdalena
estimated 47 to 2,000
unknown
Massacre of workers of the United Fruit Company By Colombian Army
Uraba massacre
March 4, 1988
Urabá Antioquia
20
unknown
Murder of banana workers by paramilitaries [9] [10] [11]
Segovia massacre [12]
November 11, 1988
Segovia , Antioquia
43[13] -46[14]
50[15] -60+[14]
The paramilitary group Muerte a Revolucionarios del Nordeste massacres 43-46 people in the urban area of the municipality of Segovia.[16] [14]
Massacre of Trujillo
1988-1994
Trujillo, Valle del Cauca
estimated 245 to 342
unknown
Some 245 to 342 people, including unionists and suspected guerrilla supporters, were tortured and dismembered by paramilitaries and the Cali Cartel with the complicity of active members of the Colombian military and police.
Riofrio massacre
October 5, 1993
Riofrío, Valle del Cauca
13
0
In the village of El Bosque, Piedras Portugal, 13 ELN guerrillas died in combat with troops from the Palacé Battalion of the III Brigade. They were surprised while they prepared a handstand.[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
Reminiscencias dance club shooting
June 24, 2000
Bogotá
11
7
Juan de Jesús Lozano Velásquez murders 11 people in the Reminiscencias tavern bar
La Gabarra massacre
August 21, 1999
La Gabarra , Tibú , Norte de Santander Department
estimated 35-43
unknown
A massacre was perpetrated by members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC paramilitary group) against alleged members of FARC, killing 35-43 people.
Bahía Portete massacre
April 16, 2004
Bahía Portete, La Guajira
12
1
Murder of 12 members of the Wayuu indigenous community by paramilitary groups of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) Wayuu Counter-Insurgency Bloc
El Salado Massacre
February 16, 2000
El Salado , Bolívar
60[23] -100+[24]
unknown
Mass murder of residents by United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia .[25]
Santo Domingo massacre
December 13, 1998
Santo Domingo, Tame, Arauca
17[26]
27[26]
A Colombian Air Force (FAC) helicopter murdered seventeen people in the middle of a confrontation with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP).[27]
Chengue Massacre
January 17, 2001
Chengue, Ovejas , Sucre
27
0
27 people are killed with mortars and machetes by AUC[28] [29]
Playón de Orozco massacre
January 9, 1999
El Piñón , Magdalena
27[30]
0
Paramilitaries from the North Block of the AUC shot and killed 27 people and dismembered them[31]
Alto Naya massacre
April 10 and 13, 2001
Alto Naya, Cauca Department
100 estimated[32]
unknown
a group of more than 100 paramilitaries from the Calima Block of the AUC led by Everth Veloza , alias 'HH', toured the municipalities and territories surrounding the Naya River , located on the borders of Cauca and Valle del Cauca, transporting in trucks, On the way, they murdered peasants who were identified as collaborators with the guerrilla.[33] [34] [35]
Villa Lucía, Apartadó massacre
Tibú massacre [36]
June 15, 2004
Tibú, Norte de Santander
34
Putumayo massacres
El Aro Massacre
October 22, 1997
Ituango , Antioquia Department
15
0
Mapiripán Massacre
July 15-20, 1997
30
San José de Apartadó massacre
February 21-22, 2005
Apartadó , Antioquia Department
8
0
La Mejor Esquina massacre
April 3, 1988
Buenavista, Córdoba
28
0
Barrancabemeja massacre[37]
May 16, 1998
Barrancabemeja, Santander
32
unknown
See also
References
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^ Department of State: Colombia report on Human Rights 2008
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^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (1993-10-06). "MUERTOS 16 GUERRILLEROS AYER EN EL VALLE Y EL META" . El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-12-10 .
^ "INDAGATORIA POR MASACRE EN RIOFRÍO" . El Tiempo (in Spanish). 17 June 1995. Retrieved 21 March 2024 .
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^ "Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz » Masacre de Riofrio" . www.justiciaypazcolombia.com (in Spanish). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2024 .
^ "Masacre de El Salado 2000 - Rutas del Conflicto" . rutasdelconflicto.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2024 .
^ Brody, Daniel (23 February 2010). "Ten years on, no justice for El Salado massacre victims" . Colombia Reports . Retrieved 21 March 2024 .
^ "Masacre de El Salado: 22 años tras el dolor de un pueblo - Infobae" . Infobae (in Spanish). 19 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2024 .
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^ "Masacre de Chengue - Rutas del Conflicto" . rutasdelconflicto.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2024 .
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