List of massacres in Peru
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Peru (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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Cañete Valley Anti-Chinese massacre | 1881 | Cañete Valley | 500 - 1,500 | In one 1881 pogrom in the Cañete Valley it is estimated that 500 to 1,500 Chinese were killed.[1] |
Lucanamarca massacre | April 3, 1983 | Lucanamarca | 69 | Carried out by Shining Path |
November, 1984 | Chungui, Ayacucho | 10 | Carried out by | |
December, 1984 | Chungui, Ayacucho | 29 | Carried out by | |
Accomarca massacre | August 14, 1985 | Accomarca, Ayacucho | 47-74 | Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces |
Putis massacre | December 1984 | Putis, Santillana District | 154 | Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces |
Peruvian prison massacres | June 1986 | Prisons in Lima and Callao | At least 224 | Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces |
Aucayacu massacre | August 6, 1986 | Accomarca, José Crespo Y Castillo District | 10 | Carried out by Shining Path |
May 31, 1989 | Tarapoto, Department of San Martín | 8 | Carried out by MRTA | |
July 4, 1991 | Santa Barbara, Huancavelica | 15 | Carried out by | |
Barrios Altos massacre | November 3, 1991 | Lima | 15 | Carried out by government-affiliated Colina Group 4 injured |
La Cantuta massacre | July 18, 1992 | Lima | 10 | 9 students and a professor were killed by government-affiliated Colina Group |
Santa massacre | May 2, 1992 | Santa Province, Ancash Region | 9 | Carried out by government-affiliated Colina Group |
San Miguel del Ene massacre | May 23, 2021 | San Miguel del Ene, Satipo Province | 14-18 | Carried out by the Militarized Communist Party of Peru |
References[]
- ^ Tinsman, Heidi (October 2019). "Narrating Chinese Massacre in the South American War of the Pacific". Journal of Asian American Studies. 22: 277–313.
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