List of massacres in Haiti

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Haiti, following the end of the Haitian Revolution in Saint-Domingue which declared its independence from France on 1 January 1804 and became the world's first and oldest black-led republic in the Americas, the first Caribbean state and the first Latin American country as a whole in the Western Hemisphere after the United States (numbers may be approximate):

Massacres

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Jaragua massacre July 1503 Jaragua, Hispaniola unknown Killing of indigenous natives from the town of Xaragua on the island of Hispaniola
1804 Haiti massacre February 1804 – 22 April 1804 All across the country 3,000 to 5,000 Genocide of Haiti's white population on the orders of the Haitian black general Jean-Jacques Dessalines.[1]
Virgins of Galindo Several weeks after Haitian unification of 1822 Santo Domingo, Haiti 3 Refers to three maiden sisters (aged 7–16) that were slaughtered and then raped and dismembered shortly after the assassination of their father, at the Galindo Manor, located outside the city walls of Santo Domingo believed to be committed by Haitian occupation soldiers,[2] but some archives suggest it was done by civilian men on both sides of the island.[3][4]
Les Cayes massacre 6 December 1929 Marchaterre, Les Cayes 12-22 United States Marine Corps troops fire upon a group of 1,500 Haitians in Les Cayes who were protesting against the United States occupation of Haiti
Fignolists massacre 16-17 June 1957 Haiti unknown After Kébreau's coup against Daniel Fignolé, the Haitian army massacred an unknown number of supporters of the deposed president.[5][6][7]
Massacre of 26 of April 1963 26 April 1963 Port-au-Prince 73 Assassinations and arrests of dozens of alleged opponents of the Duvalier dictatorship and their families, mostly soldiers, before he declared himself "president for life" the following year.[8]
Massacre of the peasants of Mapou July and August 1964 Arrondissement of Belle-Anse, Southeast Haiti 300-600 In response to an incursion by 15 anti-Duvalier militants of the FARH (Forces Armées Révolutionnaires d’Haïti) on June 29, the Haitian army, the militia, the paramilitary forces, death squads and the secret police known as the Tonton Macoutes (Volontaires de la Sécurité Nationale, VSN) killed several hundred residents of the towns of Thiotte, Grand-Gosier, Belle-Anse (Saltrou) and Anse-a-Pitres on the orders of the Haitian dictator François Duvalier (Papa Doc). The largest numbers of killings occurred in Mapou, a section of Belle-Anse, including at least 45 members of the Madoumbe family. Nineteen members of the family Fandal were shot, mainly in Thiotte. Government forces never successfully engaged the rebels, who abandoned their efforts in August 1964. Arbitrary executions continued to be frequent through 1965.[9][10]
Jérémie Vespers August through October 1964 Jérémie, Grand Anse, Haiti 27 All members of several Jeremie families were executed in retaliation for the attempted guerrilla incursion in August by 13 members of "Jeune Haiti." Children and elderly people were amongst those murdered by the army, the secret police, private militia and other elements of François Duvalier dictatorship.
Fort Dimanche massacre 26 April 1986 Fort Dimanche, Port-au-Prince 11-15[11][6] Soldiers opened fire on demonstrators during a mass in memory of the victims of the 1963 massacre in front of Fort Dimanche facilities in Port-au-Prince, which caused numerous victims.
Jean-Rabel massacre 23 July 1987 Jean-Rabel 139-200[12][6] Battle between wealthy landowners and a land-reform group
Haitian general election, 1987 November 1987 All across the country 30-300.[13] Attacks on voters.[13]
St. Jean Bosco massacre 11 September 1988 Port-au-Prince 13-150.[6][14] Politically motivated attack on a church service, which was being led by future-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who was a priest at the time.[15]
Pétionville bombing 5 December 1990 Pétion-Ville, Ouest Port-au-Prince 5-7 [16][17][18][19]
Raboteau massacre 22 April 1994 Gonaïves 8-15[20] Massacre of civilian demonstrators.[21]
2018 Port-au-Prince massacre 13–18 November 2018 La Saline, Port-au-Prince 71 Massacre of civilians by masked men [22]
Croix-des-Bouquets jailbreak 25 February 2021 Croix-des-Bouquets, Ouest 26 More than 400 prisoners escaped during the jailbreak
Bel Air massacre 27 August 2020 - 15 May 2021 Belair, Port-au-Prince 81 16 Wounded
Battle of Plaine du Cul-de-Sac 24 April and 6 May 2022 Plaine du Cul-de-Sac, Port-au-Prince 200 Clashes broke out between the 400 Mawozo gang and the Chen Mechan gang, Nearly 200 people were killed, many of whom were civilians.
2022 Port-au-Prince gang battles 8-9 July 2022 Port-au-Prince 89 Outbreak of gang violence occurred in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, leaving 89 people dead and over 74 injured
2022 Cabaret attack 28-29 November 2022 Cabaret 20+ 20 people were killed by armed gangs in the town of Cabaret, a suburb of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.
2024 Pont-Sondé attack 3 October 2024 Pont-Sondé, Artibonite department 115+ Armed gunmen from the Gran Grif gang commit a mass shooting with automatic rifles and a series of arson attacks in the town of Pont-Sondé, killing 115+ people and seriously injuring 50 others
2024 Cité Soleil massacre 6-7 December 2024 Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince 207[23] Massacre of elderly practitioners of Haitian Vodou.

See also

References

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  23. ^ "UN raises death toll for recent Cite Soleil massacre in Haiti's capital". Al Jazeera. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 26 December 2023.