List of massacres in Mexico - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Mazocoba Massacre	January 18, 1900	Guaymas, Sonora Sonora Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....	~400	Also known as the Battle of Mazocoba
Tlatelolco massacre Tlatelolco massacre The Tlatelolco massacre, also known as The Night of Tlatelolco , was a government massacre of student and civilian protesters and bystanders that took place during the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City...	October 2, 1968	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...	40
Corpus Christi massacre Corpus Christi massacre The Corpus Christi Massacre, Corpus Christi Thursday Massacre The Corpus Christi Massacre, Corpus Christi Thursday Massacre The Corpus Christi Massacre, Corpus Christi Thursday Massacre (or El Halconazo (The hawk strike) because of the participation of a group of elite Mexican army men known as Los...	June 10, 1971	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...	120	Also known as "El Halconazo"
Tula massacre Tula massacre The Tula Massacre was the title given to an incident near the municipality of Atotonilco de Tula in the Mexican state of Hidalgo, north of Mexico City, where 13 Colombian men were murdered...	January 14, 1982	Atotonilco de Tula Atotonilco de Tula Atotonilco de Tula is a city and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 31 km².As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 26,500.... , Hidalgo	13
Acteal massacre Acteal massacre The Acteal Massacre was a massacre of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic indigenous townspeople, including a number of children and pregnant women, who were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas , in the small village of Acteal in the municipality of Chenalhó, in the Mexican...	December 22, 1997	Chenalhó Chenalhó Chenalhó is a town and one of the 119 municipalities of Chiapas, in southern Mexico.As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 27,331. It covers an area of 113 km².The Acteal Massacre of 22 December 1997 occurred in the municipality of Chenalhó.... , Chiapas Chiapas Chiapas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas is one of the 31 states that, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 118 municipalities and its capital city is Tuxtla Gutierrez. Other important cites in Chiapas include San Cristóbal de las...	45
2010 Tamaulipas massacre	August 24, 2010	San Fernando San Fernando -Argentina:San Fernando, Buenos Aires, city of Greater Buenos AiresSan Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, capital of Catamarca province-Mexico:San Fernando, ChiapasSan Fernando, CoahuilaSan Fernando, DurangoSan Fernando, Tamaulipas... , Tamaulipas Tamaulipas Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...	72
2011 Tamaulipas massacre 2011 Tamaulipas massacre The 2011 Tamaulipas massacre was the mass murder of at least 193 people discovered in mass graves on April 6, 2011. These people were kidnapped from passenger buses. Although not confirmed, some newspapers mention that the body count surpassed 500, but that the state government of Tamaulipas...	April 6, 2011	San Fernando San Fernando -Argentina:San Fernando, Buenos Aires, city of Greater Buenos AiresSan Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, capital of Catamarca province-Mexico:San Fernando, ChiapasSan Fernando, CoahuilaSan Fernando, DurangoSan Fernando, Tamaulipas... , Tamaulipas Tamaulipas Tamaulipas officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the...	193	Some sources claim body count is 500+
2011 Durango massacres 2011 Durango massacres The 2011 Durango massacres were a series of mass murders that occurred in 2011. At least 249 bodies have been found in mass graves around the city of Durango. These mass graves are the first of their kind in the state of Durango and third of their kind in Mexico...	April 2011	Durango, Durango Durango, Durango -Climate:The city of Durango has a semi-arid climate, classified as Bsk in the Koppen system. The climate is temperate in the western portion , with the average annual temperature being 15 °C and consisting of an average annual rainfall of 1,600 millimeters. In the eastern region, the average...	289	Some sources claim body count is 308.
2011 Monterrey casino attack 2011 Monterrey casino attack The 2011 Monterrey casino attack was a narcoterrorist attack that took place in city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, in the country of Mexico, on August 25, 2011. Government sources revealed that 52 people were killed, but local reviews mention that 61 bodies were eventually found after a few days...	August 25, 2011	Monterrey, Nuevo Leon	52	Some sources claim body count is 61.

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