The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Chile (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Wulaia massacre November 6, 1859 Bahía Wulaia, Navarino Island 8 Murder of eight unarmed Europeans by about three hundred Yaghans
Meat riots October 22-24, 1905 Santiago de Chile 250
Plaza Colón massacre February 6, 1906 Antofagasta 300
Santa María School massacre December 21, 1907 Iquique 2000
Forrahue massacre October 21, 1912 Forrahue, near Osorno 15[1]
Marusia massacre March, 1925 Antofagasta 500
Ranquil massacre 1934 Alto Biobío 477
Seguro Obrero massacre September 5, 1938 Santiago de Chile 56
Nahueltoro murders 20 August 1960 Nahueltoro, San Carlos 6 Perpetrator was executed in 1963
Massacre of Puerto Montt March 9, 1969 Llanquihue 10 70 Wounded
Laja massacre September 18, 1973 Laja and San Rosendo 19 [2]
Operation Colombo 1975 Chile 119
Cerro Gallo massacre 1975 Cerro Gallo, Colonia Dignidad unknown The military squads fired on prisoners who, once dead, were passed off as guerrillas who would have tried to enter Chile from Argentina by crossing the Andes mountain range[3]
Attack on Carol Urzúa August 30 , 1983 Las Condes 3 At least three members of the Chilean army were killed in an ambush by members of the revolutionary left-wing movement[4][5]
Caso Degollados March 30, 1985 Chile 3
Santiago Penitentiary riot October 18, 1985 Santiago de Chile 8 Escape attempt of common prisoners and political prisoners; There were 8 dead and 25 injured[6][7]
Operation Albania June 15 - 16, 1987 Santiago 12
Apoquindo massacre October 21, 1993 Las Condes 8 12 wounded.
Valparaíso school shootings December 17, 1999 Valparaíso 3 First school shooting in the history of Chile; Perpetrator wounded after he tried committing suicide,[8] eventually recovered. Committed suicide in 2011.[9]
2010 Santiago prison fire December 8, 2010 Santiago 81 19 wounded.
Puente Alto shooting August 8, 2019 Puente Alto 5 [10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Díaz, Catalina (October 19, 2017). "Osorninos recuerdan los 105 años de la mayor matanza que recuerde la provincia". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. ↑ "17 Chileans accused of involvement in 'Massacre of Laja-San Rosendo' - Chile Today". Chile Today. November 15, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  3. ↑ Seitz, Max (July 22, 2016). "Exclusivo de BBC Mundo: los macabros detalles de Colonia Dignidad que escondían los archivos desclasificados por Alemania". BBC News (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ DEL RIO, ALEJANDRO (August 31, 1983). "El general Carol Urzúa, gobernador de Santiago de Chíle, y otros dos militares, muertos a consecuencia de un atentado - Internacional". El Pais (in Spanish). Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  5. ↑ "URZUA IBAÑEZ CAROL MIGUEL ANGEL Muerto - Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos" (in Spanish).
  6. ↑ "Cinco muertos en el motín de una cárcel de Santiago de Chile - Internacional - EL PAÍS". El País (in Spanish). 18 October 1985. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos" (in Spanish).
  8. ↑ "Fired Chilean teacher kills three in rampage". Google Groups. 19 December 1999. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  9. ↑ Meneses, FJ (4 April 2013). "Asesinato en el día de la PAA – 1999 - El Archivo-N". elarchivoene.wordpress.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "5 killed in Chile while shooting in gambling club - NEWS.am". NEWS.am. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  11. ↑ "Tiroteo deja 5 muertos en comuna de Puente Alto. – Radio Riquelme". radioriquelme.cl (in Spanish). August 8, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  12. ↑ Rojas, Tamara (June 23, 2022). "Presidio perpetuo para autores de tiroteo que dejó 5 muertos en negocio tragamonedas de Puente Alto - Nacional". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved September 16, 2023.
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