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
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[]

  1. ^ 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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