What the records say
- When
- 27 Jun 1988
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 9
- Coordinates
- 16.97° S, 65.42° W
- Description
- 1988 mass killing in Bolivia
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Villa Tunari massacre
1988 mass killing in Bolivia
The Villa Tunari Massacre was a 27 June 1988 mass murder committed by UMOPAR troops in response to a protest by coca-growing peasants (cocaleros) in the town of Villa Tunari in Chapare Province, Bolivia. The cocalero movement had mobilized since late May 1988 in opposition to coca eradication under Law 1008, then on the verge of becoming law.
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