Machuca Massacre
The Machuca massacre (Spanish: La Masacre de Machuca) was a massacre that took place in the Colombian village of Machuca, near Segovia, Antioquia. Guerillas belonging to the National Liberation Army (ELN) dynamited an oil pipeline which caused a spreading fire to the village. Seventy people lost their lives, many of them children.
| Machuca massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Machuca, Antioquia Department, Colombia |
| Date | 18 October 1998 2:00 am |
Attack type | shooting, mass murder, massacre |
| Deaths | 70 |
| Injured | 30+ |
| Perpetrators | ELN |
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