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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[2]
Oronqoy massacre
December, 1984
Chungui, Ayacucho
29
Carried out by Civil Defense Patrols[2]
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
Cayara massacre
May 14, 1988
Cayara District, Ayacucho
39
Carried out by Peruvian Military Forces
Tarapoto massacre
May 31, 1989
Tarapoto, Department of San Martín
8
Carried out by MRTA[3]
Ccano massacre
February 23, 1991
Ccano, La Mar Province
32
Carried out by Shining Path[4]
Santa Barbara massacre
July 4, 1991
Santa Barbara, Huancavelica
15
Carried out by Peruvian Army
Barrios Altos massacre
November 3, 1991
Lima
15
Carried out by government-affiliated Colina Group 4 injured
Santa massacre
May 2, 1992
Santa Province, Ancash Region
9
Carried out by government-affiliated Colina Group
Tarata bombing
July 16, 1992
Tarata St., Miraflores, Lima
25
Two large truck bombs explode in the wealthy Miraflores District, killing 25, injuring 250 and damaging hundreds of houses and businesses. The communist group Shining Path claimed responsibility.
La Cantuta massacre
July 18, 1992
Lima
10
9 students and a professor were killed 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
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^Tinsman, Heidi (October 2019). "Narrating Chinese Massacre in the South American War of the Pacific". Journal of Asian American Studies. 22: 277–313.
^ ab"2.3. Los casos de Chungui y de la Oreja de Perro" (PDF). www.cverdad.org.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^"La matanza de las Gardenias: uno de los crímenes de odio que marcó a la comunidad LGBT en Perú - Infobae". Infobae (in Spanish). 24 September 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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