List of massacres in Chile

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

Political or historical massacres

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Notes
Wulaia massacre	6 November 1859	Bahía Wulaia, Navarino Island	8	0	Murder of eight unarmed Europeans by about three hundred Yaghans
Meat riots	22–24 October 1905	Santiago de Chile	250	Unknown
Plaza Colón massacre	6 February 1906	Antofagasta	48[1] - 300[2]	Unknown	an undetermined number of workers who were on a general strike were killed by Order Guard and Sailors of the armored frigate Blanco Encalada while they were gathered in Plaza Colón.[3]
Santa María School massacre	21 December 1907	Iquique	2000	Unknown
Forrahue massacre	21 October 1912	Forrahue, near Osorno	15[4]	Unknown	Killing of Mapuche-Huilliche farmers by Chilean police
Marusia massacre	March 1925	Antofagasta	500	Unknown
Ranquil massacre	June–July 1934	Alto Biobío	477	Unknown
Seguro Obrero massacre	5 September 1938	Santiago de Chile	60	2	The police, allegedly on presidential orders, massacred Chilean fascists who were members of the National Socialist Movement of Chile following a failed coup
Massacre of Puerto Montt	9 March 1969	Llanquihue	10	70
Laja massacre	18 September 1973	Laja and San Rosendo	19	Unknown	[5]
Operation Colombo	1975	Chile	119	Unknown
Cerro Gallo massacre	1975	Cerro Gallo, Colonia Dignidad	21[6]	0	The military squads fired on prisoners who, once dead, were passed off as guerrillas who would have tried to enter Chile from Argentina by crossing the Andes mountain range[7]
Attack on Carol Urzúa	30 August 1983	Las Condes	3	0	At least three members of the Chilean army were killed in an ambush by members of the revolutionary left-wing movement[8][9]
Caso Degollados	28–30 March 1985	Chile	3	0
Santiago Penitentiary riot	18 October 1985	Santiago de Chile	8	25	Escape attempt of common prisoners and political prisoners.[10][11]
Operation Albania	15–16 June 1987	Santiago	12	0
Apoquindo massacre	21 October 1993	Las Condes	8	12
2010 Santiago prison fire	8 December 2010	Santiago	81	19

Spree killers

Date	Location	Deaths	Injuries	Notes
7 June 1957	Valdivia	6	2	Perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison.
20 August 1960	San Carlos	6–7	0	Perpetrator was sentenced to death and executed in 1963.
15 July 1963	Valdivia	8 (including the perpetrator)	0	Familicide. Perpetrator committed suicide.[12]
17 December 1999	Valparaíso	3	1 (the perpetrator)	Valparaíso school shootings: Perpetrator wounded after he tried committing suicide,[13] but eventually recovered and was acquitted by reason of insanity. Committed suicide in 2011.[14]
8 August 2019	Puente Alto	5	3	Part of an organized crime dispute.[15][16][17] Both perpetrators were sentenced to life imprisonment.