List of massacres in Puerto Rico

The following list is a list of massacres that have occurred in Puerto Rico:

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Río Piedras massacre 1935-10-24 Río Piedras 5 [1]
Ponce massacre 1937-03-21 Ponce 21 [2]
Utuado uprising 1950-10-30 Utuado 10
Dupont Plaza Hotel arson 1986-12-31 San Juan 98 [3]
Cayey Massacre 1994-03-13 Cayey 4 [4]
Sabana Seca massacre 2009-10-17 Sabana Seca 8 [5]
2019 Río Piedras shooting 2019-10-14 Río Piedras 6 [6]
Mayagüez massacre 2020-10-15 Mayagüez 3 [7][8]
Caldo de Oso Massacre[9][10] 2021-10-24[11] Naranjito 3 [12][13]
Cidra massacre 2021-12-08 Cidra 5 [14][15]
2023 Carolina, Puerto Rico, massacre 2023-06-25 Carolina 5 [16]

References

  1. ^ Bosque Pérez, Ramón (2006). Puerto Rico Under Colonial Rule. SUNY Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7914-6417-5. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  2. ^ Wagenheim, Kal; Jiménez de Wagenheim, Olga (1998). The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History. Maplewood, N.J.: Water Front Press. pp. 179–182.
  3. ^ "Analysis Of Carboxyhemoglobin And Cyanide In Blood From Victims Of The Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire In Puerto Rico" (PDF). Fire.nist.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "UNITED STATES v. NEWTON". Findlaw. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  5. ^ Alvarado León, Gerardo; Parés, Marga (October 18, 2009). "Masacre en Sabana Seca" [Massacre in Sabana Seca] (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "Shooting kills 6 in Puerto Rico, leads to emergency meeting". Washington Post. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  7. ^ "Masacre en Mayagüez: Asesinan a tres personas en barrio El Maní". www.metro.pr (in Spanish). October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  8. ^ "Cinco sujetos son acusados por una masacre en Mayagüez en el 2020 - NotiCel". www.noticel.com (in Spanish). July 21, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  9. ^ Ortiz, Maricarmen (25 October 2021). "Reportan masacre en Naranjito - wapa.tv". wapa.tv (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Identifican a víctimas de masacre en Naranjito – Telemundo Puerto Rico". Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 25 October 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. ^ Rivera Puig, Miguel (17 November 2021). "Le ponen precio a la vida del autor de masacre en el negocio Caldosos en Naranjito - Policiacas - elvocero.com". El Vocero (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Matan a tres hombres y otros tres resultan heridos en balacera en Naranjito - Primera Hora". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 25 October 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  13. ^ Ramírez Ferrer, Julio Víctor (25 October 2021). "Se registra masacre en negocio Caldo de Oso en Naranjito y asesinatos en Santurce y Coamo". lacallerevista.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Se eleva a cinco la cifra de víctimas de masacre en Cidra". www.telemundopr.com (in Spanish). December 9, 2021.
  15. ^ "Massacre in Puerto Rico: Gunmen execute five men during birthday party". usacrime.com. December 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "Vinculan masacre en Carolina al asesinato de las dos adolescentes en Piñones". Primera Hora (in Spanish). July 25, 2023.