What the records say
- When
- 18 Jul 1982
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 250
- Coordinates
- 15.10° N, 90.45° W
- Description
- Massacre
Plan de Sánchez massacre
1982 mass killing of indigenous people by Guatemalan armed forces
The Plan de Sánchez massacre took place in the Guatemalan village of Plan de Sánchez, Baja Verapaz department, on 18 July 1982. Over 250 people were abused and murdered by members of the armed forces and their paramilitary allies.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Guatemala : 268 personnes, pour la plupart de l’ethnie maya achí, sont massacrées à Plan de Sánchez par les soldats guatémaltèques”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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