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

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Battle of Cajamarca November 16, 1532 Cajamarca 2,000 The Spanish killed thousands of Atahualpa's counselors, commanders, and unarmed attendants in the great plaza of Cajamarca, and caused his armed host outside the town to flee
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
Muru Muru massacre November, 1984 Chungui, Ayacucho 10 Carried out by Civil Defense Patrols
Oronqoy massacre December, 1984 Chungui, Ayacucho 29 Carried out by Civil Defense Patrols
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 Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
Tarapoto massacre May 31, 1989 Tarapoto, Department of San Martín 8 Carried out by MRTA
Ccano massacre February 23, 1991 Ccano, La Mar Province 32 Carried out by Shining Path[2]
Santa Barbara massacre July 4, 1991 Santa Barbara, Huancavelica 15 Carried out by Military Patrol and Civil Defense Patrols
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
Ayacucho massacre December 15, 2022 Ayacucho 10 Carried out by the Peruvian Army
Juliaca massacre January 9, 2023 Juliaca, Puno 18 Carried out by the Peruvian National Police


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.
  2. ↑ "Guerrillas Attack Church". ChristianityToday.com. 1991-04-29. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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