What the records say
- When
- Jul 1993
- Kind
- Genocide
- Deaths
- 16
- Coordinates
- 2.13° N, 61.35° W
- Description
- 1993 armed conflict in Brazil
Haximu massacre
1993 armed conflict in Brazil
The Haximu massacre, also known as the Yanomami massacre, was an armed conflict in Brazil in 1993. The conflict occurred just outside Haximu, Brazil, near the Venezuelan border, beginning in mid-June or July of 1993. Sixteen Yanomami people were killed by a group of garimpeiros, or gold miners who mine the land illegally.
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