This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location. An assassination is defined as the deliberate murder of a prominent figure, often for political or ideological reasons.
Africa
Americas Antigua and Barbuda DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)NotesDaniel Parke, British governor of the Leeward IslandsSeveral members of a mob.An angry mob captured Parke in his house, beat him severely, and dragged him out to die of his wounds. His last words to his tormentors, as he lay dying, were reported as: "Gentlemen, you have no sense of honor left, pray have some of humanity."
Argentina
DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)NotesFacundo Quiroga, Governor of La Rioja ProvinceJosé Vicente Reynafé, Reynafé brothers, Capt. Santos PérezWhile returning to Buenos Aires, armed men ambushed his carriage; Quiroga was shot in his left eye when he left the carriage to negotiate.Alejandro Heredia, Governor of Tucumán ProvinceGabino Robles, Vicente Neirot, Lucio Casas, Gregorio Uriarte Heredia was shot in the head when he and his son were ambushed by an armed party. The perpetrators left Heredia and his son. The body was discovered 2 days later José Cubas, Governor of Catamarca ProvinceMariano MazaMarco Avellaneda, Governor of Tucumán ProvinceAntonino Aberastain, Governor of San Juan ProvinceChacho Peñaloza, La Rioja Province insurrectionistCol. Pablo IrrazábalJusto José de Urquiza, former president of Argentina and Governor of Entre Ríos ProvinceRicardo López Jordán, soldier, politician, and former governor of Entre Ríos ProvinceMariano Santillán, Jr., National Deputy for Santiago del Estero ProvinceRamón Falcón, chief of the National PoliceSimón RadowitzkyAssassinated by anarchists as a retaliation for his brutal repression of workers.Amable Jones, Governor of San Juan ProvinceCarlos Washington Lencinas, former Governor of Mendoza ProvinceEnzo Bordabehere, National Senator for Santa Fe ProvinceRamón Valdez CoraKilled during a session of the Argentine Senate.Augusto Vandor, Metalworkers Union (UOM) Secretary GeneralKilled in commando attack by the Ejército Nacional Revolucionario (National Revolutionary Army), a far-left Peronist splinter group. Pedro Aramburu, former de facto president of ArgentinaSee Assassination of Pedro Eugenio AramburuJosé Alonso, CGT Secretary GeneralMontonerosOberdan Sallustro, Director of FIAT ArgentinaERPJosé Ignacio Rucci, CGT Secretary GeneralMontonerosJuan Manuel Irrazábal, Governor of Misiones ProvinceArgentine Anticommunist AllianceKilled with Vice-Governor César Ayrault by bomb placed in Beechcraft Queen Air plane.Arturo Mor Roig, former Interior MinisterMontonerosCarlos Mugica, Catholic Third World priestRodolfo Almirón (Argentine Anticommunist Alliance)Rodolfo Ortega Peña, National Deputy for Buenos Aires ProvinceArgentine Anticommunist AllianceAtilio López, former Vice-Governor of Córdoba Province Silvio Frondizi, University of Buenos Aires law professorCarlos Prats, exiled Chilean general, former Commander-in-chief of the Chilean ArmyMichael TownleyKilled by the secret service of the Pinochet dictatorshipHipólito Acuña, National Deputy for Santa Fe ProvinceMontonerosJohn Egan, U.S. Honorary Consul in CórdobaRubén Cartier, Mayor of La PlataCNU, a right-wing student group liked to the Triple A Ramón Rojas, National Deputy for San Juan ProvinceFernando OteroKilled at the behest of Vineyard Workers' Federation (FOEVA) leader Delfor Ocampo.Alberto Manuel Campos, Mayor of General San Martín Partido, Buenos Aires ProvinceMontonerosMiguel Ragone, former governor of Salta ProvinceArmy Gen. Luciano MenéndezAbducted and killed by right-wing task force made of up of Army and provincial police officers led by Menéndez.Zelmar Michelini, exiled Uruguayan senator, founder of the Broad FrontKilled after the 1976 Argentine coup as part of Operation Condor involving the collaboration between military dictatorships in the Southern Cone.Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, exiled former speaker of the Uruguayan House of RepresentativesJuan José Torres, exiled former military President of BoliviaKilled as part of Operation CondorEnrique Angelelli, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La RiojaLuis EstrellaBeaten to death after Angelelli's car was run off the road on orders from III Army Corps Chief Luciano Menéndez.Juan Carlos Casariego de Bel, Chief Foreign Investments Adviser at Economy MinistryArmy Capt. Héctor VérgezCasariego had objected to a 400 million payout for the nationalization of the bankrupt CIADE electric company - one of whose top shareholders was the Economy Minister, José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz.Miguel Tobías Padilla, Undersecretary for Coordination at Economy MinistryMontonerosOsvaldo Sivak, bankerJosé Benigno Lorea, police officerKilled following ransom kidnapping by the Aníbal Gordon gang led by former Argentine Anticommunist Alliance operatives.José Luis Cabezas, photojournalist for leading Argentine news weekly Noticias."Los Horneros" gang, led by Buenos Aires Provincial Police Inspector Gustavo PrellezoKilled on orders from businessman Alfredo Yabrán.Héctor Enrique Olivares, National Deputy for La Rioja ProvinceJuan Jesús Fernández and Juan José Navarro CádizKilled in attack directed at Olivares' aide, Miguel Yadón (dead on arrival), by businessman Rafael Cano Carmona.
Bermuda DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)NotesRichard Sharples, Governor of BermudaErskine "Buck" Burrows and Larry TacklynShot outside Bermuda's Government House. Sharples's aide-de-camp Captain Hugh Sayers was also killed.
Bolivia
DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)NotesPedro Blanco Soto, President of BoliviaKilled after being overthrown and taken prisoner.Eusebio Guilarte, former acting president of BoliviaJorge Córdova, former president of BoliviaManuel Isidoro Belzu, former president of BoliviaAgustín Morales, President of Bolivia Federico LafayeHilarión Daza, former president of BoliviaAssassinated after returning from exile.José Manuel Pando, former president of BoliviaGualberto Villarroel, President of BoliviaKilled by mob.Che Guevara, revolutionaryCaptured and executed by Bolivian Special ForcesMonika Ertl, communist militant and guerilla fighterAmbushed along with a fellow guerilla by Bolivian security forces in present-day El Alto in retaliation for the assassination of former head of intelligence in the ministry of internal affairs Roberto Quintanilla.Elders Jeffrey Brent Ball and Todd Ray Wilson, LDS MissionariesZarate Willka Armed Forces of LiberationRodolfo Illanes, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of BoliviaProtesting miners
Brazil
DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes1678Ganga Zumba, leader of Quilombo dos Palmares1695Zumbi, leader of Quilombo dos PalmaresPortuguese colonial authorities1830Líbero Badaró, journalistThe assassination unleashed a wave of protests against the government of Pedro I of Brazil1897Carlos Machado de Bitterncourt, Minister of WarMarcelino Bispo de MeloSee Attempted assassination of Prudente de Morais1908José Plácido de Castro, former president of the Republic of AcrePinheiro Machado, Senator for Rio Grande do Sul1929José Gomes Duarte, Mayor of Bauru, São PauloMoacir de Almeida, Federal Deputy for PernambucoJoão Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque, Governor of ParaíbaJoão Duarte Dantas1938Virgulino Ferreira da Silva "Lampião", leader bandit of CangaçoKilled during the Massacre of Angico, led by João Bezerra da SilvaMaria Gomes de Oliveira "Maria Bonita", bandit of CangaçoJosé Panta de GodoyAdib Shishakli, exiled Syrian military dictatorNawaf Ghazaleh1971Rubens Paiva, former Federal Deputy for São Paulo and critic of the Military dictatorship in Brazil1973Maurício Grabois, leader of the Communist Party of BrazilVladimir Herzog, journalistZuzu Angel, fashion designer and critic of the Military dictatorship in Brazil1986Josimo Morais Tavares, Catholic priest and coordinator of the Comissão Pastoral da TerraRanchersKilled by ranchers for his support of rural workers.Francisco "Chico" Alves Mendes Filho, environmental activistDarci Alves PereiraShot on the orders of the assassin's father, rancher Darly Alves da Silva1992Edmundo Pinto, Governor of AcrePaulo César Farias, President Fernando Collor de Mello's campaign treasurerAntonio da Costa Santos, Mayor of Campinas, São PauloAguinaldo Pereira da Silva, Mayor of Caraúbas, Rio Grande do NorteCelso Daniel, Mayor of Santo André, São PauloTim Lopes, journalistElias "Maluco" Pereira da SilvaAndré "Capeta" da Cruz BarbosaCláudio "Ratinho" Orlando do NascimentoMaurício "Boizinho" de Lima MatiasClaudino "Xuxa" dos Santos CoelhoElizeu "Zeu" Felício de SouzaÂngelo "Primo" da SilvaReinaldo "Cadê" Amaral de JesusFernando "Frei" Sátyro da SilvaMurdered by drug traffickers connected to Comando Vermelho and Amigos dos AmigosLídia Menezes, Vice Mayor of Magé, Rio de JaneiroDorothy Stang, American nunRaifran das Neves SalesKilled by business interests2010, Mayor of Jandira, São Paulo, former mayor of Itumbiara, Goiás, and mayoral candidateGilberto Ferreira do AmaralKyriakos Amiridis, Greek ambassador to BrazilFrançoise de Sousa Oliveira and Sergio GomesMurdered by Gomes on the orders of Oliveira, and corpse burnt in an arson attack on a rental car.Marielle Franco, human rights activist and City Councillor of Rio de JaneiroRonnie Lessa and Élcio Vieira de Queiroz Convicted assassins reportedly hired by local militiasGerson Camata, former Governor of Espírito SantoMarcos Vinícius Moreira Andrade2019Paulo Paulino Guajajara, Indigenous environmental activistMurdered by illegal loggers.2023Mãe Bernadete, community activist
Canada
DateVictim(s)Assassin(s)Notes7 April Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Father of Canadian ConfederationPatrick J. Whelan14 December William End, Magistrate in northern New BrunswickHe and his office set aflame by ex-convict.9 May George Brown, Father of Canadian ConfederationGeorge Bennett21 October William C. Hopkinson, immigration officer, British intelligence agentMewa Singh, Ghadarite sympathizer29 October 1924Peter Verigin, Russian philosopher, activist, leader of the Community Doukhobors in CanadaAssassinated via train explosion. The explosion also killed member of the provincial legislature John McKie. Perpetrators never identified.17 October Pierre Laporte, Deputy Premier and Minister of Labour of QuebecBernard Lortie, Paul Rose, Jacques Rose, Francis SimardKidnapped and murdered by the FLQ.27 August Atilla Altıkat, Turkish diplomatArmenian Secret Army For the Liberation of ArmeniaAssassinated by Armenian nationalists in Ottawa.Dino Bravo, wrestlerShot eleven times at his home in Vimont, Laval, Quebec. Believed to have been a result in his alleged role in illegal cigarette smuggling in Canada and his ties to the Cotroni Crime Family.1 August 1995Brian Smith, sports anchor and former ice hockey playerJeffery ArenburgShot outside the CJOH-DT studio, died the next day.18 November 1998Tara Singh Hayer, founder of the Indo-Canadian Times, Journalist Outspoken critic of extremism, key witness in the trial of the Air India 182 Flight Bombing. This was the third attempt on his life, the first was a thwarted bombing and the second, a shooting, had left him paralysed. Nicolo Rizzuto, crime boss and founder of the Rizzuto crime familyShot by a sniper's bullet through the rear patio doors of his mansion in the Cartiervill borough of Montreal. On July 12, 2013, Salvatore Calautti, a Toronto criminal figure, suspected by police of being the assassin who shot Rizzuto, was shot dead.14 July 2022Ripudaman Singh Malik, Air India bombing suspect Tanner Fox and Jose LopezShot and killed outside his business. The two hitmen admit to being paid to perform the killing but it has not yet been determined by whom.18 June 2023Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian Sikh involved with the Khalistan movementFour people currently arrested awaiting trial.Allegedly assassinated on orders of the Indian government for his role in the Khalistani movement.
Chile