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):
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(numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezeiza massacre | June 20, 1973 | Ezeiza | 13+ | 365+ injured |
| Fatima Massacre Fatima Massacre The Fatima Massacre refers to an incident in Fátima, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where 30 drugged and illegally-detained prisoners were shot and whose bodies were then dynamited on August 20, 1976.... |
August 20, 1976 | Fátima Fátima, Buenos Aires Fatima is a small country town located at the outskirts of Pilar City. Fatima is part of the Pilar Partido.... |
30 | |
| Massacre of Margarita Belén Massacre of Margarita Belén The Massacre of Margarita Belén took place during the "Dirty War" in Argentina. It involved the torture and execution of 22 Montoneros, some of whom were killed after surrendering and laying down their weapons near the town of Margarita Belén, Chaco Province, on 13 December 1976, in a joint... |
December 13, 1976 | Margarita Belén Margarita Belén Margarita Belén is a town in Chaco Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Primero de Mayo Department.The town became infamous when on 13 December 1976, a joint operation of the Argentine Army and the Chaco Provincial Police resulted in the Massacre of Margarita Belén during the so-called... , Chaco Province Chaco Province Chaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes... |
22 | |
| Napalpí massacre Napalpí massacre The Napalpí massacre occurred on July 19, 1924 in Napalpí in the Chaco Province of Northeast Argentina. It involved the massacre of 200 indigenous people of the Toba ethnicity by the Argentine Police and ranchers.-Historical context:... |
July 19, 1924 | Napalpí Napalpí Napalpí is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina.-References:... , Chaco Chaco Province Chaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes... |
200 | |
| Patagonia rebelde Patagonia rebelde Patagonia rebelde was a violent suppression of a rural worker's strike in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz in Argentine Patagonia between 1921 and 1922. The uprising was put down by Colonel Héctor Benigno Varela's 10th Cavalry Regiment of the Argentine Army under the orders of Hipólito Yrigoyen... |
1920-1921 | Patagonia Patagonia Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean... |
1500 | |
| Bombing of Plaza de Mayo Bombing of Plaza de Mayo The bombing of Plaza de Mayo was a massacre which took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 16 1955.At 12:40 pm, a number of aircraft from the Argentine Navy and Air Force strafed and bombed Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires, in what remains to this day the largest aerial bombing ever on... |
June 16, 1955 | Plaza de Mayo Plaza de Mayo The Plaza de Mayo is the main square in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is flanked by Hipólito Yrigoyen, Balcarce, Rivadavia and Bolívar streets.... |
364 | |
| José León Suárez massacre Operación Masacre Operación Masacre is a nonfiction novel of investigative journalism, written by noted Argentine journalist and author Rodolfo Walsh. It is considered by some to be the first of its genre... |
June 9, 1956 | José León Suárez, General San Martín Partido General San Martín Partido General San Martín Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of Capital Federal in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.... |
9 | |
| Ramallo massacre Ramallo massacre The Ramallo massacre occurred on September 17, 1999 in Villa Ramallo, in northern Buenos Aires, Argentina, when three armed robbers broke into the local offices of the Banco de la Nación Argentina, taking six hostages. After several hours, they tried to escape in a car, using the bank manager and... |
September 17, 1999 | Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires Province The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880... |
4 | |
| San Patricio Church massacre San Patricio Church massacre The St. Patrick’s Church massacre was the murder of three priests and two seminarians of the Pallottine order on July 4, 1976, during the Argentine military junta’s “Dirty War”, at St... |
July 4, 1976 | Belgrano, Buenos Aires Belgrano, Buenos Aires Belgrano is a leafy, northern barrio or neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Location :The barrio of Palermo is to the southeast; Nuñez is to the northwest; Coghlan, Villa Urquiza, Villa Ortúzar and Colegiales are to the southwest.... |
5 | |
| Tragic Week Tragic Week (Argentina) Tragic Week was a series of riots and massacres that took place in Buenos Aires, during the week of January 7, 1919. The riot was led by anarchists and communists, and was fought by both the police and the army... |
January 7-19, 1919 | Buenos Aires | 700 | |
| Trelew massacre Trelew massacre The Trelew Massacre was the retaliatory government killing of 16 militants of different Peronist and left organizations held as political prisoners in Rawson Penitentiary. The prisoners were recaptured after an escape attempt and subsequently shot down by marines led by Lieutenant Commander Luis... |
August 22, 1972 | Trelew Trelew -References:La Pasión según Trelew, Espejo de la Argentina, 1997, Editorial Planeta Argentina S.A.I.C.; Third Edition: April 2000, Buenos Aires, ISBN 950-742-859-3-External links:* * * *... |
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