Meat riots

Meat riots
	; Dragoons roaming the streets
Date	22–24 October, 1905
Location	Chile
Result	Protests repressed, meeting repressed, Chilean government victory
Belligerents
Workers protesters	Government of Chile Chilean Army;
Commanders and leaders
	Germán Riesco; Roberto Silva Renard
Casualties and losses
230 killed	20 killed

The Meat riot (Spanish: Huelga de la carne), in the Chilean capital Santiago in October 1905, was a violent riot that originated from a demonstration against the tariffs applied to the cattle imports from Argentina.

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