What the records say
- When
- 9 Aug 1995
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 12.96° S, 60.89° W
- Description
- An armed conflict between the Landless Workers' Movement and military police leaves ten dead in Corumbiara, Rondônia.
Placed at the district its text puts it in, Corumbiara.
Corumbiara massacre
1995 violent conflict in Rondônia, Brazil
The Slaughter of Corumbiara was a violent conflict that occurred on August 9, 1995, in the municipality of Corumbiara, located in the state of Rondônia, Brazil. The conflict erupted when police forces, alongside gunmen recruited from local farms, attacked a group of landless workers who were occupying an area of unproductive land.
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