What the records say
- When
- 16 Apr 2004
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 30
- Coordinates
- 4.00° N, 73.25° W
- Description
- event
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Bahía Portete massacre
Killing of 12 people in Colombia in 2004
The Bahía Portete massacre was a massacre in the Colombian town of Bahía Portete, in the Department of La Guajira on April 16, 2004. It was perpetrated by paramilitary groups of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) Wayuu Counter-Insurgency Bloc led by alias "Jorge 40" killing 12 people and the disappearance of one. Some 600 people were displaced against their will and took refuge in neighboring Venezuela.
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