What the records say
- When
- 21 Dec 1868
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 23.50° S, 58.00° W
- Description
- 1868 massacre in Paraguay
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
1868 San Fernando massacre
1868 massacre in Paraguay
The San Fernando massacre was an episode that took place on 21 December 1868, on the eve of the Battle of Lomas Valentinas, during the Pikysyry campaign in the Paraguayan War, which consisted of the summary trial and execution of hundreds of prisoners by order of Paraguayan president Francisco Solano López. Some prisoners were accused of plotting an alleged conspiracy to overthrow López.
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