What the records say
- When
- 3 Nov 1991
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 15
- Coordinates
- 12.05° S, 77.02° W
- Description
- massacre perpetrated by the Grupo Colina
Barrios Altos massacre
Massacre perpetrated by the Grupo Colina
The Barrios Altos massacre occurred on 3 November 1991 in the Barrios Altos neighborhood of Lima, Peru. Members of Grupo Colina, a death squad comprising Peruvian Armed Forces personnel, were later identified as the assailants who killed fifteen individuals, including an eight-year-old child, and injured four others.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el centro de la ciudad de Lima (Perú), el grupo Colina ―compuesto por integrantes del Servicio de Inteligencia del Ejército del Perú― asesina a 15 civiles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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