The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Argentina (numbers may be approximate):
Name Date Location DeathsNotesJosé Medana caseMay, 1891Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province13A man named José Medana murders 10 of his children and 3 of his grandchildren.– Em Aires de Lomas..., A Republica – Chega a noticia de um crime..., Correio Paulistano – Apuração – Ao Artista do Rio foi annunciado..., A Federação : Orgam do Partido Republicano (RS) – Um crime horroso..., Jornal do RecifePirovano MassacreFebruary 5, 1905Pirovano, Buenos Aires Province18-20Confrontation between a military column from Bahía Blanca, which adhered to the Radical Revolution led by Hipólito Yrigoyen, and pro-government forces, led by President Manuel QuintanaTragic WeekJanuary 7, 1919Buenos Aires700 - 800General strikes by anarchists and communist strikers were brutally repressed by the police, army, and the Argentine Patriotic League, resulting in between 700 and 800 deaths, between 2,000 and 4,000 injuries, mostly workers, in addition to an anti-Jewish pogrom in the streets of Once and Villa Crespo.La Forestal massacreJanuary 29, 1921Santa Fe province~600Mass killing, torture, rape and burning of houses of workers aligned with the anarcho-syndicalist union FORA by private police forces and the paramilitary nationalist organization Argentine Patriotic League Patagonia rebelde1921Santa Cruz Province300-1500Uprising and violent suppression of a rural workers' strike by Colonel Héctor Benigno Varela's 10th Cavalry Regiment of the Argentine Army, Approximately 300-1,500 rural workers were shot and killed by the 10th Cavalry Regiment in the course of the operations, many of them executed by firing squads after surrenderingAzul murdersApril 18, 1922Azul, Buenos Aires8Mateo Banks shot dead three siblings, two nieces, one sister-in-law and two family employees.Napalpí massacreJuly 19, 1924 Napalpí, Chaco400Massacre of 400 indigenous people of the Toba ethnicity by the Argentine Police and ranchers.Rincón Bomba massacreOctober, 1947 Las Lomitas, Formosa750-1,000Pilagá natives (including children, women and the elderly) who were trying to carry out a march, are machine-gunned by the National GendarmerieBombing of Plaza de MayoJune 16, 1955Plaza de Mayo364Failed coup by anti-Perón factions of the Argentine militaryJosé León Suárez massacreJune 9, 1956José León Suárez, General San Martín Partido5Illegal execution of Perón supporters in the José León Suárez landfills before the declaration of martial law during an ill-fated attempt to return Peronism to power. Recounted in the book " Operación Masacre ".Assault on the Banking PolyclinicAugust 29, 1963Buenos Aires2The Tacuara Nationalist Movement robbed a bank, stealing almost 100,000 US dollars. 2 people died and 3 were injured.Trelew massacreAugust 22, 1972Trelew16Government members during the Dirty War torture and kill members of the left wing guerrilla group MontonerosEzeiza massacreJune 20, 1973 Ezeiza13+Massacre of left-wing Peronists at rally celebrating his return from Spain at Ezeiza International Airport and 365+ Injured. Right-wing Peronists were blamed for the massacre. 13 victims were positively identified but more people may have been killed.Rosario Chapel massacreAugust 12, 1974San José de Fray Mamerto Esquiú, Catamarca Province16After a failed operation by the guerrilla organization ERP, 16 surrendered and unarmed guerrillas were illegally shotOperation GardelAugust 28, 1975San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán6Operation Gardel was the key name given by the Montoneros to the bombing of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules of Group 1 of Transport of the First Air Brigade during takeoff at the International Airport Lieutenant General Benjamín Matienzo, carrying 114 gendarmes, killing six and wounding 29.Operation PrimiciaOctober 5, 1975Formosa32+A group of 50 guerrillas assaulted the Infantry Regiment of Monte 29, the Subofficers' Casino of that force and the Airport El Pucú. The event was called by its perpetrators as Operation Primicia.Battle of AcheralOctober 10, 1975Acheral, Tucumán province14At least one soldier and 13 ERP militants were shot dead in a confrontation of the so-called Operativo Independencia.Monte Chingolo attackDecember 23–24, 1975Monte Chingolo, Buenos Aires100+A failed assault on the Battalion Arsenals Depot 601 Domingo Viejobueno, in the town of Monte Chingolo, was the last great action of the People's Revolutionary Army. It aimed to appropriate 20 tons of weaponry. The attack was frustrated by the Argentine army, Federal Police and Police of the Province of Buenos Aires, and the Air Force. 30 guerrillas who surrendered were later shot dead by the army.Alberto Moya –Libros y conferencias–: Viejobueno, a 40 añosCoordinación Federal bombingJuly 2, 1976Buenos Aires23Montoneros attacked the Federal Security Superintendency (also known as Federal Coordination) of the Federal Police, causing the collapse of the roof of the dining room when the place was full of officers having lunch. 23 people died, including one female civilian who was visiting, and about 110 were injured, in response for the coup d'état of March 24.San Patricio Church massacreJuly 4, 1976Belgrano, Buenos Aires5Government officials execute three priests and two seminarians during the Dirty War.Fatima MassacreAugust 20, 1976Fátima30Prisoners in the custody of the federal police – illegally detained – were drugged, shot, and later their bodies were blown up to hide evidence of the crimeCatriel massacreSeptember 4, 1976Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires4Four Peronist Youth militants were murdered by firing squadRosario BombingSeptember 12, 1976Rosario11A bomb blast kills ten policemen and two civilians and injures at least 30 people.Nine policemen killed by bomb, Times Daily (September 13, 1976)Massacre of Margarita BelénDecember 13, 1976Margarita Belén, Chaco Province2222 Montoneros were tortured and executed, and the case was used during one of the first trials of Jorge Rafael Videla.Villa Devoto uprisingMarch 14, 1978Devoto prison, Devoto, Buenos Aires6585 injuries At least 65 people died And 85 injuries from asphyxiation, burns or gunshot wounds inflicted by members of the Federal Penitentiary ServiceWalter De Giusti murdersOctober 31 – November 7, 1986Santa Fe, Santa Fe Province5The Serial killer Walter de Giusti breaks into two houses and murders all its occupants. On October 31, he kills Ángela Cristofanetti de Barroso and her stepdaughter Noemí; 7 days later he murders the grandmothers of the musician Fito Páez and a domestic employee.José C. Paz massacreJanuary 8, 1988José C. Paz, Buenos Aires Province4Easy Trigger CaseAttack on La Tablada barracksJanuary 23–24, 1989 La Tablada, Buenos Aires Province3960 WoundedCarapintada uprisingDecember 3, 1990Buenos Aires14200 Wounded1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos AiresMarch 17, 1992Buenos Aires30242 civilians injured. An Islamic Jihad suicide bomber rams his car into the Israeli embassy, destroying the embassy and a Catholic church and school that were nearby. Many of the dead were children. Argentina accused Hezbollah of being involved in the attack.Ricardo Barreda murdersNovember 15, 1992La Plata, Buenos Aires Province4Dentist Ricardo Barreda murders his wife, two daughters and mother-in-lawAMIA bombingJuly 18, 1994Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, Buenos Aires86A suicide bomber rammed his car into the building of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association) killing 85 people and injuring 300+. The bombing has never been officially solved, but Argentina, Israel and the United States accused Hezbollah and Iran of being behind the attack and Argentina named 21-year-old Hezbollah operative Ibrahim Hussein Berro as the bomberRío Tercero explosionNovember 3, 1995Río Tercero, Córdoba7A series of explosions destroyed a military factory. The courts confirmed that it was an intentional attack carried out to cover up arms smuggling to Ecuador and Croatia.Sierra Chica Prison RiotMarch 30 - April 7, 1996Sierra Chica Prison, Sierra Chica, Olavarría Partido, Buenos Aires Province9A group of men deprived of liberty who were called the ‘Twelve Apostles’ took 17 hostages, killed eight people and cooked food from their body parts.2000 Floresta shootingDecember 29, 2000Buenos Aires3Members of the Argentine Federal Police fired against a group of protesters who were protesting in the Plaza de Mayo. As a result, 5 people were killed and 227 were injured.2001 Massacre of Plaza de MayoDecember 20, 2001Buenos Aires5Juan de Dios Velaztiqui opened fire on 3 people, killing all 3, before being arrested for public disturbances.Avellaneda massacreJune 26, 2002Darío Santillán and Maximiliano Kosteki Station, Buenos Aires Province233 WoundedCarmen de Patagones school shootingSeptember 28, 2004Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province3Armed with his father's 9 mm pistol, Rafael Solich a 15-year-old student opened fire on his classmates during a flag-hoisting at Islas Malvinas Middle School Number Two in Carmen de Patagones, Argentina, killing three students and wounding 5 others., La Nación (August 2, 2005)2006 San Miguel shootingMay 3, 2006La Primera de Grand Bourg, San Miguel, Buenos Aires255-year-old former employee Eugenio Villela opened fire on his past co-workers, killing two people and wounding four others before fleeing the scene. Triple crime in General RodríguezAugust 13, 2008General Rodríguez3Torture and deaths of Three pharmaceutical businessmen2013 Argentine police revoltsDecember 3–13, 2013Argentina18400+ WoundedPergamino massacreMarch 2, 2017Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province7
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