What the records say
- When
- 22 Aug 1972
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 16
- Coordinates
- 43.22° S, 65.27° W
- Description
- 1972 massacre in Argentina
Trelew massacre
Mass execution in Argentina (1972)
The Trelew Massacre was a mass execution of 16 political prisoners, militants of different Peronist and leftist organizations, in Rawson prison by the military dictatorship of Argentina. The prisoners were recaptured after an escape attempt and subsequently shot down by marines led by Lieutenant Commander Luis Emilio Sosa in a simulated new attempt to escape.
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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 “In the Almirante Zar Naval Base, Argentina, 16 detainees are executed by firing squad in the Trelew massacre”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre de Trelew, exécution sommaire de 16 membres de différentes organisations de lutte armée par la dictature en Argentine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el penal de Rawson (una dependencia de la Armada Argentina próxima a la ciudad de Trelew en la Patagonia argentina), el Ejército Argentino asesina a 16…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page