Macayepo massacre

When

14 Oct 2000

Kind

Massacre

Deaths

15

Coordinates

9.68° N, 75.34° W

The Macayepo massacre occurred on October 14, 2000, resulting in the slaughter of fifteen peasants from Macayepo in the southern region of Bolívar Department, northern Colombia. It was one of a series of massacres perpetrated by the Colombian paramilitary bloc Héroes de los Montes de María, a unit of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), to obtain control over the area around the Montes de María mountains…

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