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

Political or historical massacres

NameDateLocationDeathsInjuriesNotes
Wulaia massacre6 November 1859Bahía Wulaia, Navarino Island80Murder of eight unarmed Europeans by about three hundred Yaghans
Meat riots22–24 October 1905Santiago de Chile250Unknown
Plaza Colón massacre6 February 1906Antofagasta48[1] - 300[2]Unknownan 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 massacre21 December 1907Iquique2000Unknown
Forrahue massacre21 October 1912Forrahue, near Osorno15[4]UnknownKilling of Mapuche-Huilliche farmers by Chilean police
Marusia massacreMarch 1925Antofagasta500Unknown
Ranquil massacreJune–July 1934Alto Biobío477Unknown
Seguro Obrero massacre5 September 1938Santiago de Chile602The 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 Montt9 March 1969Llanquihue1070
Laja massacre18 September 1973Laja and San Rosendo19Unknown[5]
Operation Colombo1975Chile119Unknown
Cerro Gallo massacre1975Cerro Gallo, Colonia Dignidad21[6]0The 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 Urzúa30 August 1983Las Condes30At least three members of the Chilean army were killed in an ambush by members of the revolutionary left-wing movement[8][9]
Caso Degollados28–30 March 1985Chile30
Santiago Penitentiary riot18 October 1985Santiago de Chile825Escape attempt of common prisoners and political prisoners.[10][11]
Operation Albania15–16 June 1987Santiago120
Apoquindo massacre21 October 1993Las Condes812
2010 Santiago prison fire8 December 2010Santiago8119

Spree killers

DateLocationDeathsInjuriesNotes
7 June 1957Valdivia62Perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison.
20 August 1960San Carlos6–70Perpetrator was sentenced to death and executed in 1963.
15 July 1963Río Bueno8 (including the perpetrator)0Familicide. Perpetrator committed suicide.[12]
17 December 1999Valparaíso31 (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 2019Puente Alto53Part 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" (in Spanish). www.anuariopregrado.uchile.cl. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ Floreal Recabarren, Juan. "Episodios de la vida regional" (in Spanish). www.memoriachilena.cl. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  3. ^ "A 113 años de la Matanza de la Plaza Colón - Timeline.cl" (in Spanish). www.timeline.cl. 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" (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 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" (in Spanish). villagrimaldi.cl. 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" (in Spanish). BBC News. 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" (in Spanish). El Pais. 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" (in Spanish). El País. 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" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. July 1963. – "Mató a su mujer y a sus seis hijos y luego se ahorcó" (in Spanish). Diario El Labrador. 21 July 2013. p. 2. Archived 25 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine. – 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" (in Spanish). elarchivoene.wordpress.com. 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" (in Spanish). radioriquelme.cl. 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" (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved September 16, 2023.