What the records say
- When
- 24 Jun 1967
- Kind
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 17.06° S, 64.99° W
- Description
- massacre in Bolivia
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
San Juan massacre
Massacre in Bolivia
The San Juan massacre is the name given to an attack by the Bolivian military on miners of the Siglo XX-Catavi tin mining complex in Bolivia. The attack occurred on 24 June 1967, in the early hours of the traditional festival of the Night of San Juan which is a winter solstice festival in the Southern Hemisphere. The army was acting under the orders of Bolivian president René Barrientos.
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