List of massacres in Chile

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

Political or historical massacres

Name Date Location Deaths Injuries Notes
Wulaia massacre 6 November 1859 Bahía Wulaia, Navarino Island 8 0 Murder of eight unarmed Europeans by about three hundred Yaghans
Meat riots 22–24 October 1905 Santiago de Chile 250 Unknown
Plaza Colón massacre 6 February 1906 Antofagasta 48[1] - 300[2] Unknown an undetermined number of workers who were on a general strike were killed by Order Guard and Sailors of the armored frigate Blanco Encalada while they were gathered in Plaza Colón.[3]
Santa María School massacre 21 December 1907 Iquique 2000 Unknown
Forrahue massacre 21 October 1912 Forrahue, near Osorno 15[4] Unknown Killing of Mapuche-Huilliche farmers by Chilean police
Marusia massacre March 1925 Antofagasta 500 Unknown
Ranquil massacre June–July 1934 Alto Biobío 477 Unknown
Seguro Obrero massacre 5 September 1938 Santiago de Chile 60 2 The police, allegedly on presidential orders, massacred Chilean fascists who were members of the National Socialist Movement of Chile following a failed coup
Massacre of Puerto Montt 9 March 1969 Llanquihue 10 70
Laja massacre 18 September 1973 Laja and San Rosendo 19 Unknown [5]
Operation Colombo 1975 Chile 119 Unknown
Cerro Gallo massacre 1975 Cerro Gallo, Colonia Dignidad 21[6] 0 The military squads fired on prisoners who, once dead, were passed off as guerrillas who would have tried to enter Chile from Argentina by crossing the Andes mountain range[7]
Attack on Carol Urzúa 30 August 1983 Las Condes 3 0 At least three members of the Chilean army were killed in an ambush by members of the revolutionary left-wing movement[8][9]
Caso Degollados 28–30 March 1985 Chile 3 0
Santiago Penitentiary riot 18 October 1985 Santiago de Chile 8 25 Escape attempt of common prisoners and political prisoners.[10][11]
Operation Albania 15–16 June 1987 Santiago 12 0
Apoquindo massacre 21 October 1993 Las Condes 8 12
2010 Santiago prison fire 8 December 2010 Santiago 81 19

Spree killers

Date Location Deaths Injuries Notes
7 June 1957 Valdivia 6 2 Perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison.
20 August 1960 San Carlos 6–7 0 Perpetrator was sentenced to death and executed in 1963.
15 July 1963 Valdivia 8 (including the perpetrator) 0 Familicide. Perpetrator committed suicide.[12]
17 December 1999 Valparaíso 3 1 (the perpetrator) Valparaíso school shootings: Perpetrator wounded after he tried committing suicide,[13] but eventually recovered and was acquitted by reason of insanity. Committed suicide in 2011.[14]
8 August 2019 Puente Alto 5 3 Part of an organized crime dispute.[15][16][17] Both perpetrators were sentenced to life imprisonment.

References

  1. ^ Mercado, Javier. "Combinación Mancomunal de Obreros de Antofagasta y politización popular, 1903-1906" (PDF). www.anuariopregrado.uchile.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ Floreal Recabarren, Juan. "Episodios de la vida regional" (PDF). www.memoriachilena.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  3. ^ "A 113 años de la Matanza de la Plaza Colón - Timeline.cl". www.timeline.cl (in Spanish). 6 February 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  4. ^ Díaz, Catalina (October 19, 2017). "Osorninos recuerdan los 105 años de la mayor matanza que recuerde la provincia". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "17 Chileans accused of involvement in 'Massacre of Laja-San Rosendo' - Chile Today". Chile Today. November 15, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "Presentan querella por asesinatos de prisioneros en Cerro Gallo al interior de Colonia Dignidad – Villa Grimaldi". villagrimaldi.cl (in Spanish). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  7. ^ Seitz, Max (July 22, 2016). "Exclusivo de BBC Mundo: los macabros detalles de Colonia Dignidad que escondían los archivos desclasificados por Alemania". BBC News (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  8. ^ DEL RIO, ALEJANDRO (August 31, 1983). "El general Carol Urzúa, gobernador de Santiago de Chíle, y otros dos militares, muertos a consecuencia de un atentado - Internacional". El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  9. ^ "URZUA IBAÑEZ CAROL MIGUEL ANGEL Muerto - Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos" (in Spanish).
  10. ^ "Cinco muertos en el motín de una cárcel de Santiago de Chile - Internacional - EL PAÍS". El País (in Spanish). 18 October 1985. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos" (in Spanish).
  12. ^ – "Mató a Hachazos a su Familia y luego se Ahorcó". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). July 1963. – "Mató a su mujer y a sus seis hijos y luego se ahorcó". Diario El Labrador (in Spanish). 21 July 2013. p. 2. – Herrera, César (2016-01-28). "La estremecedora historia del panadero que mató a su familia con un hacha en Río Bueno" (in Spanish).
  13. ^ "Fired Chilean teacher kills three in rampage". Google Groups. 19 December 1999. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  14. ^ Meneses, FJ (4 April 2013). "Asesinato en el día de la PAA – 1999 - El Archivo-N". elarchivoene.wordpress.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  15. ^ "5 killed in Chile while shooting in gambling club - NEWS.am". NEWS.am. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  16. ^ "Tiroteo deja 5 muertos en comuna de Puente Alto. – Radio Riquelme". radioriquelme.cl (in Spanish). August 8, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  17. ^ Rojas, Tamara (June 23, 2022). "Presidio perpetuo para autores de tiroteo que dejó 5 muertos en negocio tragamonedas de Puente Alto - Nacional". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved September 16, 2023.
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