List of massacres in Bolivia

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The following is a list of notable massacres in Bolivia.

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Catavi Massacre 1942 Catavi mine, Bustillos, Potosí Department 19–400 Massacre of striking miners
San Juan Massacre 24 June 1967 Siglo XX–Catavi mine complex, Bustillos, Potosí Department 20 Massacre of miners following the San Juan Festival
All Saints' Massacre November 1979 La Paz 100+ Killings of protesters, largely in urban La Paz, during the 14-day coup by Alberto Natusch Busch
 [es] 15 January 1981 Sopocachi, La Paz 8 Mass shooting by paramilitaries of leaders of the Movement of the Revolutonary Left party
Huayllani massacre 1985 Huayllani bridge, Sacaba, Cochabamba 2-4 Security forces killed 2 to 4 blockading protesters
Parotani Massacre 1987 Parotani, Cochabamba 4-5 Security forces killed four or five protesters during protests against coca eradication.
Villa Tunari Massacre 27 June 1988 Villa Tunari, Chapare, Cochabamba Department 8-12 Massacre of protesting coca growers by Rural Mobile Patrol
 [es] 19-21 December 1996 Amayapampa, Capasirca, and Llallagua, Potosí Department 11 Shootings of striking miners
Laymi–Qaqachaka violence 23–25 January 2000 Challapata, Oruro 25-33 Killings of 25–33 people in a series of inter-ethnic raids among the Laymi, Qaqachaka and Jucumani ayllus.
Panantí masacre 9 November 2001 Panantí, Tarija 7 Hired assailants killed six farmers belonging to the Landless Workers Movement; one assailant was killed.
 [es] October 2003 El Alto and La Paz, Murillo, La Paz Department 59 Killings of protesters during the Bolivian Gas Conflict
Porvenir Massacre 11 September 2008 El Porvenir, Pando Department 12 Killings, largely of rural teachers, by the Pando civic movement
Sacaba massacre 15 November 2019 Huayllani bridge, Sacaba, Cochabamba 10 Killings of pro-Evo Morales protesters by soldiers and police during the 2019 Bolivian political crisis
Senkata massacre 19 November 2019 Senkata neighborhood, El Alto, La Paz Department 11 Killings of pro-Evo Morales protesters by soldiers and police during the 2019 Bolivian political crisis
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