List of massacres in Argentina
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Argentina (numbers may be approximate):
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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Tragic Week | January 7, 1919 | Buenos Aires | 700 | |
La Forestral massacre | January 29, 1921 | Santa Fe province | ~600[1] | |
Patagonia rebelde | 1921 | Santa Cruz Province | 1500 | |
Napalpí massacre | July 19, 1924 | Napalpí, Chaco | 200 | |
Rincón Bomba massacre | October, 1947 | Las Lomitas, Formosa | 27-1500 | |
Bombing of Plaza de Mayo | June 16, 1955 | Plaza de Mayo | 364 | |
José León Suárez massacre | June 9, 1956 | José León Suárez, General San Martín Partido | 18 | |
Trelew massacre | August 22, 1972 | Trelew | 16 | |
Ezeiza massacre | June 20, 1973 | Ezeiza | 13+ | 365+ injured |
Coordinación Federal bombing | July 2, 1976 | Buenos Aires | 23 | 60+ injured |
San Patricio Church massacre | July 4, 1976 | Belgrano, Buenos Aires | 5 | Government officials execute three priests and two seminarians during the Dirty War. |
Fatima Massacre | August 20, 1976 | Fátima | 30 | Prisoners in the custody of the federal police – illegally detained – were drugged, shot, and later their bodies were blown up to hide evidence of the crime |
Massacre of Margarita Belén | December 13, 1976 | Margarita Belén, Chaco Province | 22 | 22 Montoneros were tortured and executed, and the case was used during one of the first trials of Jorge Rafael Videla. |
Attack on La Tablada barracks | January 23-24, 1989 | La Tablada, Buenos Aires Province | 39 | 60 Wounded |
1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires | March 17, 1992 | Buenos Aires | 30 | 242 civilians injured |
AMIA bombing | July 18, 1994 | Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, Buenos Aires | 86 | 300+ injured |
2001 Massacre of Plaza de Mayo | December 20, 2001 | Buenos Aires | 5 | Members of the Argentine Federal Police fired against a group of protesters who were protesting in the Plaza de Mayo. As a result, 5 people were killed and 227 were injured. |
Carmen de Patagones school shooting | September 28, 2004 | Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province | 3 | Armed with his father's 9 mm pistol, a 15-year-old student opened fire on his classmates during a flag-hoisting at Islas Malvinas Middle School Number Two in Carmen de Patagones, Argentina, killing three students and wounding 5 others.[2][3][4] |
References
- ^ Clarín.com (2020-12-22). "La Forestal, a un siglo de la revuelta y la represión". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ^ "Argentine boy shoots classmates". BBC News. 2004-09-29. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ Cormier, Bill (2004-09-29). "School shooting in Argentina kills four". The Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 2009-04-25. [dead link ]
- ^ Carmen de Patagones: sancionaron al padre del chico que baleó a sus compañeros, La Nación (August 2, 2005)