List of massacres in Argentina explained

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

Namedata-sort-type=number DateLocationDeathsNotes
Pirovano 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 Quintana[1] [2]
Tragic WeekJanuary 7, 1919Buenos Aires700
La Forestral massacreJanuary 29, 1921Santa Fe province~600[3]
Patagonia rebelde1921Santa Cruz Province1500
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[4] -1,000[5] Pilagá natives (including children, women and the elderly) who were trying to carry out a march, are machine-gunned by the National Gendarmerie[6]
Bombing of Plaza de MayoJune 16, 1955Plaza de Mayo364Failed coup by anti-Perón factions of the Argentine military
José León Suárez massacreJune 9, 1956José León Suárez, General San Martín Partido18
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.[7]
Trelew massacreAugust 22, 1972Trelew16Government members during the Dirty War torture and kill members of the left wing guerrilla group Montoneros
Ezeiza 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 shot[8]
Operation 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.[9]
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.[10]
Coordinación 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.[11]
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 crime
Catriel massacreSeptember 4, 1976Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires4Four Peronist Youth militants were murdered by firing squad[12] [13]
Rosario BombingSeptember 12, 1976Rosario11A bomb blast kills ten policemen and two civilians and injures at least 30 people.[14] [15]
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 Aires65[16] 85 injuries
Walter 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 Case[17]
Attack on La Tablada barracksJanuary 23–24, 1989 La Tablada, Buenos Aires Province3960 Wounded
Carapintada uprisingDecember 3, 1990Buenos Aires14200 Wounded[18]
1992 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.
La Plata FamilicideNovember 15, 1992La Plata, Buenos Aires Province4Dentist Ricardo Barreda murders his wife, two daughters and mother-in-law[19]
AMIA 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 bomber
Río Tercero explosionNovember 3, 1995Río Tercero, Córdoba7300 Wounded
2001 Massacre of Plaza de MayoDecember 20, 2001Buenos Aires5Members 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.
Avellaneda massacreJune 26, 2002Darío Santillán and Maximiliano Kosteki Station, Buenos Aires Province233 Wounded[20] [21] [22]
Carmen 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.[23] [24] [25]
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 businessmen
2013 Argentine police revoltsDecember 3–13, 2013Argentina18400+ Wounded
Pergamino massacreMarch 2, 2017Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province7[26] [27] [28]

Notes and References

  1. News: Spanish. La localidad de Pirovano cumple 107 años de historia – Red Baires. October 20, 2020. November 19, 2023. redbaires.com.ar.
  2. News: Spanish. Integrantes de Evolución Radical realizaron un acto por la Masacre de Pirovano - Diario La Mañana. February 6, 2022. November 19, 2023. www.diariolamanana.com.ar.
  3. Web site: Clarín.com . 2020-12-22 . La Forestal, a un siglo de la revuelta y la represión . 2023-03-22 . Clarín . es.
  4. Web site: Rincón Bomba: masacre en Formosa - El Miércoles Digital. 17 October 2021. 13 August 2024. www.elmiercolesdigital.com.ar. Spanish.
  5. Web site: La masacre de un pueblo originario que el peronismo intentó ocultar - LA NACION. 10 October 2022. 13 August 2024. La Nación. Boerr. Martín. Spanish.
  6. Web site: thenationview.com . 2022-10-10 . The massacre of the original city that Peronism tried to hide . 2023-06-12 . The Nation View .
  7. News: Spanish. El asalto al Policlínico Bancario: la primera operación guerrillera de la Argentina y el ridículo del comisario Meneses - Infobae. Cecchini. Daniel. August 29, 2022. September 3, 2023. Infobae.
  8. Web site: 2020-08-12 . A 46 años de la masacre de Capilla del Rosario - El Ancasti . 2023-07-09 . . es.
  9. Web site: El día que explotó el Aeropuerto de Tucuman. 29 August 2010.
  10. http://albertomoyalibros.blogspot.mx/2015/12/viejobueno-40-anos.html Alberto Moya –Libros y conferencias–: Viejobueno, a 40 años
  11. Web site: A 46 años del atentado de Montoneros al comedor de la Policía Federal, familiares de las víctimas marcharon para pedir justicia - Infobae. 2 July 2022. 13 August 2024. Infobae. Spanish.
  12. Web site: Equipo Nizkor - En la masacre de calle Catriel el ejército encubrió el asesinato de Zulma Matzkin, Juan Carlos Castillo, Pablo Fornasari y Mario Manuel Tarchitzky.. 29 August 2011. 24 December 2023. Equipo Nizkor. Spanish.
  13. Web site: La Masacre de Catriel y el encubrimiento de cuatro asesinatos. 8 September 2011. 24 December 2023. www.colonbuenosaires.com.ar. Spanish.
  14. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1842&dat=19760913&id=mRwsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6MgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3203,2551117 Nine policemen killed by bomb
  15. Web site: Masacre de Rosario: once muertos en plena dictadura con bombas vietnamitas atribuidas a Montoneros - Infobae. 12 September 2023. 13 August 2024. Infobae. Frias. Miguel. Spanish.
  16. Web site: 2021-03-14 . La masacre del Pabellón Séptimo: 43 años de la noche del infierno en la que murieron 65 presos - Página-12 - Página12 . 2023-08-25 . . es.
  17. Web site: 2021-12-10 . La Masacre de Budge - Testimonios BA . 2023-08-07 . testimoniosba.com . es.
  18. Web site: 2020-12-03 . A 30 años del levantamiento carapintada - La historia del último alzamiento militar . 2023-08-25. . es.
  19. Web site: Redacción . 2020-05-25 . Murió el femicida Ricardo Barreda . 2023-08-27 . Diario Río Negro Periodismo en la Patagonia . es.
  20. Web site: 2002-07-06 . Sheer bloody murder - Socialist Worker. 2023-08-22 . .
  21. Web site: 20 years after the murders, they commemorate Kosteki and Santillán - Latin america News. 2023-08-22.
  22. Web site: 2023-06-26 . A 21 años de la Masacre de Avellaneda: ¡Darío Santillán y Maximiliano Kosteki presentes, ahora y siempre! - CICOP . 2023-08-22 . cicop.org.ar . es.
  23. News: Argentine boy shoots classmates. 2004-09-29. BBC News. 2009-04-25.
  24. News: Bill. Cormier. School shooting in Argentina kills four. 2004-09-29. The Oakland Tribune. 2009-04-25.
  25. https://archive.today/20121230015707/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=726704 Carmen de Patagones: sancionaron al padre del chico que baleó a sus compañeros
  26. News: IACHR Laments Deaths in Fire at Police Jail in Buenos Aires, Argentina. March 9, 2017. September 4, 2023. www.oas.org.
  27. News: Conditions lamented as seven Argentine inmates die in fire - Catholic World Report . March 9, 2017. September 4, 2023. The Catholic World Report.
  28. News: Spanish. Condenas por la Masacre de Pergamino - De 6 a 15 años de cárcel a los policías que dejaron morir en el incendio a los presos - Página-12 - Página12. Rodríguez. Carlos. December 21, 2019. September 4, 2023. Página 12.