Burning of the Spanish Embassy

When

31 Jan 1980

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

37

Coordinates

14.61° N, 90.52° W

Description

Guatemalan attack on the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala

Guatemalan attack on the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala

The Burning of the Spanish Embassy refers to an event beginning with the occupation of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on January 31, 1980, by indigenous peasants of the Committee for Peasant Unity and their allies, which was responded to by a subsequent raid by Guatemalan police that resulted in a fire which destroyed the embassy and left 37 people dead.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Burning of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala: The Spanish Embassy in Guatemala is invaded and set on fire, killing 36 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сожжение посольства Испании в Гватемале: после оккупации здания протестующими гватемальские силовики нападают на него, чем вызывают пожар, унёсший 37 жизней”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la ciudad de Guatemala, varios disidentes políticos y campesinos indígenas toman la embajada de España para protestar por el Genocidio maya”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “在グアテマラ・スペイン大使館占拠事件発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page