The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Venezuela (numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night of the Machetes | 1913 | Amazonas state | 65-400[1][2] | |
| El Corozo massacre[3][4] | 1942, 18 February | El Corozo village, Trujillo state | 12 | 50-year-old farmer Gregorio Cáceres kills eleven people and seriously injured four others with an ax and a knife in El Corozo, a village in Trujillo, in addition to killing several animals and then escaping in the jungle, but ended up being tracked down and shot dead by police |
| Cantaura massacre | 1982, 4 October | Cantaura, Anzoátegui state | 23 | Guerilla fighters killed. |
| Yumare massacre | 1986, 8 May | Yaracuy state | 9 | Massacre of members of the subversive group Punto Cero by the DISIP. |
| Massacre of El Amparo | 1988, 29 October | El Amparo, Apure state | 14 | Massacre of fishermen near the village of El Amparo. |
| Caracazo[5][6][7][8][9] | 1989, February–March | Venezuela | 277–5,000[10][11] | A week of unrest in response to controversial economic liberalization policies proposed Carlos Andrés Pérez that led him to implement Plan Ávila |
| Retén de Catia massacre | 1992, 27 November | Retén de Catia, Caracas | 63–200+[12] | Massacre by the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police of prison inmates during the second 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt[13][14] |
| Cararabo massacre | 1995, 25 February | Frontier with the Vichada Department, Colombia | 8 | Venezuelan soldiers in a border garrison were killed by an ELN guerrillas commanded by a Venezuelan National Guard deserter.[15][16][17] |
| San Román Tragedy | 1995, 23 June | Caracas | 5 | Hostage crisis. Eight wounded.[18] |
| Llaguno Overpass events (El Silencio massacre) | 2002, 11 April | Caracas | 19 | Shootout between the Metropolitan Police and pro-government gunmen during an opposition march to the presidential Miraflores Palace. |
| Kennedy massacre | 2005, 27 November | Caracas | 3 | College students killed by police officers. Three wounded.[19][20][21][22] |
| Los Maniceros massacre | 2009, October | La Tala, Táchira state | 11 | Kidnapping of a Colombian amateur association football team. |
| Uribana prison riot | 2013, 25 January | Barquisimeto, Lara state | 61 | Prison riot. One hundred and twenty wounded. |
| Coro massacre | 2013, 4 July | Coro, Falcón state | 2 | Shooting of the National Guard of a woman and her daughters. The mother and one of the daughters were killed, while the two remaining daughters were helped shortly afterwards.[23][24][25][26] |
| Sabaneta massacre | 2013, 16 September | Sabaneta, Zulia state | 16 | Gang violence in prison. Forty eight wounded.[27][28] |
| Altagracia massacre | 2014, 10 November | Altagracia de Orituco, Guárico state | 11 | Ambush by El Picure gang[29][30] |
| 2016 Tumeremo massacre | 2016, 8 March | Tumeremo, Bolívar state | 4 | Disappearance of twenty eight miners. Twenty four miners remain missing. |
| El Valle massacre | 2016, 21 March | Caracas | 10 | Gang violence. Fourteen wounded.[31][32] |
| Barlovento massacre | 2016, Late | Barlovento, Miranda state | 12 | Disappearance by a Operación Liberación del Pueblo operative. On 25 November common graves were found in the area by the CICPC.[33][34][35] |
| Cariaco massacre | 2016, 11 November | Cariaco, Sucre state | 9 | Massacre of fishermen. 3 wounded.[36] |
| El Junquito massacre | 2018, 15 January | El Junquito | 10 | Rebel leader Óscar Alberto Pérez, six rebels and three officials killed. |
| August 2018 Tumeremo massacre[37][38][39] | 2018, 26 August | Tumeremo, Bolívar state | 12+ | |
| October 2018 Tumeremo massacre | 2018, 14–16 October | Tumeremo, Bolívar state | 7+ | |
| Amazonas ambush | 2018, November 4 | Amazonas (Venezuelan state) | 3 | 3 Venezuelan border guards were killed and 10 were wounded in a suspected ELN rebel attack |
| Kumarakapay massacre | 2019, 22 February | San Francisco de Yuruaní, Bolívar (state) | 11-25 | Massacre of Pemon civilians by the Venezuelan Army. Part of the Pemon conflict. |
| La Vega raid | 2021, 8 January | Caracas | 23 | Police raid to take control of La Vega Parish, which was controlled by the El Loco gang. |
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