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List of massacres in Guatemala

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Instituto Técnico de Agricultura massacre November 13, 1971 Bárcena, Villa Nueva, Guatemala Department 2 A 21-year-old Basilio Martínez Avila killed two people with a machete at an agricultural school near Guatemala City. He wounded 15 others before being overpowered by other students.[1][2][3]
Panzós massacre[4] May 29, 1978 Panzós 30-60 Residents of village of Panzós were killed by the army
Spanish Embassy Massacre January 31, 1980 Guatemala City 36 Indigenous peasant activists were burnt alive alongside former vice president Eduardo Cáceres among others
Río Negro Massacre March 13, 1982 Río Negro, Baja Verapaz 177 Women and children were abused and murdered
Plan de Sánchez massacre July 18, 1982 Plan de Sánchez, Baja Verapaz 250 Mostly women and children, and almost exclusively ethnic Achi Maya were abused and murdered
Dos Erres massacre December 6, 1982 Dos Erres, La Libertad, El Peten 226 Women, Children, Men, many had their heads bashed with hammers and thrown into a well. Others thrown in still alive.
Xamán massacre 5 October 1995 Chisec, Alta Verapaz Department 11 Members of the Guatemalan Army killed 11 people and injured 27 on a farm in Xamán[5][6][7]
February 2007 Salvadoran congressmen killings February 19, 2007 El Jocotillo, Guatemala City 4 Three members of the ARENA party of El Salvador — Eduardo D'Aubuisson, William Pichinte and José Ramón González, as well as their driver, Gerardo Ramírez — were found murdered near Guatemala City[8]
Attack against a bus in Nicaragua November 8, 2008 Zacapa department 16 An attack by drug traffickers causes the death of 16 foreigners who were on a bus in the department of Zacapa in the eastern part of the country. The victims, 15 Nicaraguans and on 1 Dutchman, were riddled with bullets inside the bus and later burned along with it. According to subsequent investigations, the motive for the attack was the alleged existence of drugs on the bus.[9][10][11][12]
Los Cocos Massacre 15 May 2011 La Libertad, Petén Department 27 A group of drug traffickers from the Mexican cartel Los Zetas invade a farm in the department of Petén, in the north of the country, and kill 27 peasants by beheading.[13][14][15]
2017 Roosevelt Hospital attack 16 August 2017 Guatemala City 7 While an MS-13 inmate was being transported, several armed men began shooting at the staff and prison guards who were carrying him. 5 minutes later, the gang members fled with the other member. The incident resulted in 7 dead and 12 injured[16][17][18][19][20][21]
Chiquix massacre 18 December 2021[22] Village of Chiquix, Nahualá, Sololá department 13[23][24] Murder of 13 people, including three children, in an ambush committed by armed men by Territorial Dispute.[25]

References

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  1. ^ Student amok kills two, The Straits Times (November 15, 1971)
  2. ^ Terror en dormitorio estudiantil: Dos muertos y quince heridos, La Nación (November 15, 1971)
  3. ^ "El relámpago de media noche - Prensa Libre". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). October 4, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  4. ^ Brockett, Charles. "Political Movements and Violence in Central America". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  5. ^ "CorteIDH responsabiliza a Estado de Guatemala por masacre de indígenas en 1995". Guatevision (in Spanish). September 28, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  6. ^ Galicia, Néstor (October 4, 2017). "1995: masacre en Xamán, Alta Verapaz". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  7. ^ Medinilla, Angélica (September 29, 2022). "Masacre de Xamán: la justicia inconclusa y la deuda del Estado". www.agenciaocote.com (in Spanish). Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  8. ^ Galiza, Nestor (19 February 2019). "2007: confuso crimen en el Jocotillo". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Prison terms of up to 828 years for Guatemala drug gang members who massacred foreigners - The Tico Times". The Tico Times. January 9, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  10. ^ "Guatemala: 820 años de prisión a narco y sus sicarios - DW". dw.com (in Spanish). January 9, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  11. ^ "Mueren 16 personas en Guatemala tras ser tiroteadas y calcinadas en un autobús - elmundo.es". El Mundo (in Spanish). November 10, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  12. ^ "Atribuyen a crimen organizado matanza de 15 nicaragüenses en Guatemala - La Nación". La Nación (in Spanish). November 11, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  13. ^ "Zetas asesinan a 27 jornaleros en Petén - Prensa Libre". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). May 16, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  14. ^ "Guatemala nabs suspected leader of farm massacre - The Tico Times". The Tico Times. May 25, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  15. ^ "Más de 100 años de cárcel a nueve 'Zetas' por una matanza de campesinos - Notimérica". www.notimerica.com (in Spanish). February 22, 2014. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  16. ^ "Guatemala City hospital 'gang attack' leaves seven dead". bbc.com. August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  17. ^ Adamczyk, Ed (August 18, 2017). "Seven dead in gang attack on Guatemala City hospital - UPI.com". United Press International. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  18. ^ "At least 7 dead in alleged gang attack on Guatemala hospital". Los Angeles Times. August 16, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  19. ^ Ramos, Saira (August 16, 2017). "Ataque de la MS deja siete muertos en el Hospital Roosevelt". www.publinews.gt (in Spanish). Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  20. ^ "Guatemala: ataque de pandilleros a un hospital deja 7 muertos". trt.net.tr (in Spanish). August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  21. ^ "Hospital Roosevelt - Pandilleros matan a siete personas para rescatar a reo". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). August 16, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2023.
  22. ^ "Guatemala: reportan enfrentamiento entre indígenas y Policía – DW – 03/01/2022". dw.com (in Spanish). January 4, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  23. ^ "12 killed in land dispute in western Guatemala: authorities - Human Rights News - Al Jazeera". Al Jazeera. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  24. ^ Arreaga, Stef (18 December 2021). "Sololá: masacre deja 13 fallecidos, entre ellos 5 mujeres, 4 niños y niñas de Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán – Prensa Comunitaria". prensacomunitaria.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Las escenas de dolor tras la masacre que dejó 13 muertos en Guatemala - BBC". BBC News (in Spanish). December 20, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
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