List of massacres in Argentina

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

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Tragic Week	January 7, 1919	Buenos Aires	700
La Forestral massacre	January 29, 1921	Santa Fe province	~600
Patagonia rebelde	1921	Santa Cruz Province	1500
Napalpí massacre	July 19, 1924	Napalpí, Chaco	200
Rincón Bomba massacre	October, 1947	Las Lomitas, Formosa	27-1500
Bombing of Plaza de Mayo	June 16, 1955	Plaza de Mayo	364	Failed coup by anti-Perón factions of the Argentine military
José León Suárez massacre	June 9, 1956	José León Suárez, General San Martín Partido	18
Trelew massacre	August 22, 1972	Trelew	16	Government members during the Dirty War torture and kill members of the left wing guerrilla group Montoneros
Ezeiza massacre	June 20, 1973	Ezeiza	13+	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.
Operation Gardel	August 28, 1975	San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán	6	Operation 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 Primicia	October 5, 1975	Formosa	32+	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 Acheral	October 10, 1975	Acheral, Tucumán province	14	At least one soldier and 13 ERP militants were shot dead in a confrontation of the so-called Operativo Independencia.
Monte Chingolo attack	December 23-24, 1975	Monte Chingolo, Buenos Aires	100+	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.
Coordinación Federal bombing	July 2, 1976	Buenos Aires	23	Montoneros 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 60 were injured, in response for the coup d'état of March 24.
San Patricio Church massacre	July 4, 1976	Belgrano, Buenos Aires	5	Government officials execute three priests and two seminarians during the Dirty War.
Fatima Massacre	August 20, 1976	Fátima	30	Prisoners 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
Rosario Bombing	September 12, 1976	Rosario	11	A bomb blast kills ten policemen and two civilians and injures at least 30 people.
Massacre of Margarita Belén	December 13, 1976	Margarita Belén, Chaco Province	22	22 Montoneros were tortured and executed, and the case was used during one of the first trials of Jorge Rafael Videla.
Attack on La Tablada barracks	January 23-24, 1989	La Tablada, Buenos Aires Province	39	60 Wounded
1992 attack on Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires	March 17, 1992	Buenos Aires	30	242 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.
AMIA bombing	July 18, 1994	Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, Buenos Aires	86	A 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
2001 Massacre of Plaza de Mayo	December 20, 2001	Buenos Aires	5	Members 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.
Carmen de Patagones school shooting	September 28, 2004	Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province	3	Armed with his father's 9 mm pistol, 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.