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Massacres

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Goliad massacre March 27, 1836 Goliad County, Texas 342 465 prisonors. 28 escaped, 20 spared as workers, 75 spared as unarmed captives.
Dawson Massacre September 17, 1842 near San Antonio de Bexar, Texas 36 15 captured and 36 killed out of a total of 54 Texan men.
Saint Patrick's Battalion Massacre 10-13 September, 1847 Chapultepec, Mexico city 50 50 surrendered Irish volunteers who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War, collectively known as Saint Patrick's battalion were killed by the U.S. Army.
Crabb Massacre April 1-8, 1857 Caborca, Sonora 84 84 killed out of a total of 85 American men.
Mazocoba massacre January 18, 1900 Guaymas, Sonora ~400 Also known as the Battle of Mazocoba
Torreón massacre May 15, 1911 Torreón, Coahuila 300
Santa Isabel Massacre January 10, 1916 near Santa Isabel, Chihuahua 18 Villistas stopped a train near Santa Isabel, Chihuahua and killed eighteen American passengers from the ASARCO company of Tucson, Arizona.[1]
Tlatelolco massacre October 2, 1968 Mexico City 40-400
Corpus Christi massacre June 10, 1971 Mexico City 120 Also known as "El Halconazo"
Tula massacre January 14, 1982 Atotonilco de Tula, Hidalgo 13
Aguas Blancas massacre 28 June 1995 Aguas Blancas, Guerrero 17
Acteal massacre December 22, 1997 Chenalhó, Chiapas 45
Villas de Salvárcar massacre January 31, 2010 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua 15
Guerrero mass graves June 2010 Taxco, Guerrero 55
Nuevo León mass graves June 25, 2010 Nuevo León ~70
2010 San Fernando massacre August 24, 2010 San Fernando, Tamaulipas 72
2011 San Fernando massacre April 6, 2011 San Fernando, Tamaulipas 193
Coahuila mass graves June 3, 2011 Piedras Negras, Coahuila 38
2011 Allende massacre March 18, 2011 Allende, Coahuila 300
2011 Durango massacres April 2011 Durango, Durango 340
2011 Monterrey casino attack August 25, 2011 Monterrey, Nuevo León 52
Altamira prison brawl January 4, 2012 Altamira, Tamaulipas 31
Apodaca prison riot February 19, 2012 Apodaca, Nuevo León 44
2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres 2004–2012 Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Unknown
Cadereyta Jiménez massacre 13 May 2012 Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León 49
Tlataya massacre June 30, 2014 San Pedro Limón, Tlataya, Michoacán 22 22 civilians executed by government troops.[2][3]
2014 Iguala massacre 26 September - 5 October 2014 Iguala, Guerrero at least 40
Apatzingán massacre January 5, 2015 Apatzingán, Michoacán 16 16 unarmed civilians killed by federal police outside Apatzingán city hall.[4]
Tanhuato massacre May 23, 2015 Rancho del Sol, Tanhuato, Michoacán 42 42 Jalisco New Generation Cartel members killed, 3 captured while invading a ranch in Michoacán state. 1 federal soldier killed.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/532928/posts
  2. ^ https://news.vice.com/article/new-evidence-leads-to-jailing-of-mexican-soldiers-after-apparent-massacre
  3. ^ http://www.ibtimes.com/mexico-tlatlaya-massacre-mass-executions-were-illegal-excessive-rules-report-mexican-1886071
  4. ^ https://news.vice.com/article/it-was-the-feds-how-mexicos-federal-police-slaughtered-at-least-16-civilians-in-michoacan
  5. ^ http://www.news24.com/World/News/Families-claim-massacre-after-Mexico-gunfight-20150525
  6. ^ http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Relatives-Claim-Mexico-Police-Executed-42-People-in-Michoacan--20150525-0022.html
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