List of massacres in Venezuela
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Venezuela (numbers may be approximate):
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altagracia massacre | 2014, 10 November | Altagracia de Orituco, Guárico state | 11 | Ambush by El Picure gang |
| 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. |
| Cantaura massacre | 1982, 4 October | Cantaura, Anzoátegui state | 23 | Guerilla fighters killed. |
| Caracazo | 1989, 27 February | Caracas | 246-2000+ | Wave of protests, riots and lootings in the capital Caracas and nearby towns where martial law was imposed and many protesters were killed by security forces. |
| 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. |
| Cariaco massacre | 2016, 11 November | Cariaco, Sucre state | 9 | Massacre of fishermen. Four 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. |
| El Junquito massacre | 2018, 15 January | El Junquito | 10 | Rebel leader Óscar Alberto Pérez, six rebels and three officials killed. |
| El Valle massacre | 2016, 21 March | Caracas | 10 | Gang violence. Fourteen wounded. |
| 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. |
| Los Maniceros massacre | 2009, October | La Tala, Táchira state | 11 | Kidnapping of a Colombian amateur association football team. |
| Massacre of El Amparo | 1988, 29 October | El Amparo, Apure state | 14 | Massacre of fishermen near the village of El Amparo. |
| Retén de Catia massacre | 1992, 27 November | Retén de Catia, Caracas | 63-200+ | Massacre by the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police of prison inmates during the second 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt |
| Sabaneta massacre | 2013, 16 September | Sabaneta, Zulia state | 16 | Gang violence in prison. Forty eight wounded. |
| San Román Tragedy | 1995, 23 June | Caracas | 5 | Hostage crisis. Eight wounded. |
| Terrazas del Ávila hostage crisis | 1996, 15 April | Caracas | 2 | Hostage crisis. Three wounded. |
| 2016 Tumeremo massacre | 2016, 8 March | Tumeremo, Bolívar state | 4 | Disappearance of twenty eight miners. Twenty four miners remain missing. |
| October 2018 Tumeremo massacre | 2018, 14–16 October | Tumeremo, Bolívar state | 7+ | |
| August 2018 Tumeremo massacre | 2018, 26 August | Tumeremo, Bolívar state | 12+ | |
| Uribana massacre | 2013, 25 January | Barquisimeto, Lara state | 61 | Prison riot. One hundred and twenty wounded. |
| Yumare massacre | 1986, 8 May | Yaracuy state | 9 | Massacre of members of the subversive group Punto Cero by the DISIP. |
