Massacre of Trujillo
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LocationTrujillo, Valle del Cauca Department
Colombia
ColombiaDate28 October 1988 – 5 May 1991 (EDT)
TargetTrujillo
Attack type
mass murder, massacre| Massacre of Trujillo | |
|---|---|
 Map location of the municipality of Trujillo | |
| Location | Trujillo, Valle del Cauca Department Colombia |
| Date | 28 October 1988 – 5 May 1991 (EDT) |
| Target | Trujillo |
Attack type | mass murder, massacre |
| Weapons | unknown |
| Deaths | 200 to 400 |
| Perpetrators | Paramilitary groups and Cali Cartel members (prominently Juan Carlos Ortiz Escobar and Henry Loaiza-Ceballos) |
The Massacre of Trujillo (Spanish: Masacre de Trujillo) was a series of murders perpetrated between October 1988 and May 1991 in the town of Trujillo, Valle del Cauca Department in southwestern Colombia by paramilitaries and the Cali Cartel with the complicity of active members of the Colombian military and police.
Some 245 to 342 people,[1] including unionists and suspected guerrilla supporters, were tortured and dismembered. Among the more gruesome murders was the decapitation and castration of Father Tiberio Fernandez, the local Jesuit priest.[2] The murders were seen as a warning to other pro-guerrilla elements. Most of the corpses were thrown into the waters of the Cauca River.[3]