List of massacres in Brazil

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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Brazil (numbers may be approximate):

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Rodeador Massacre October 25, 1820 Bonito, Pernambuco 91 Governor Luiz do Rego sent troops to destroy a Sebastianist community; believing it to be a separatist movement. 100+ wounded; 200 women and 300 children were imprisoned and taken to Recife[1][2]
Diligente Brig Massacre October 20–22, 1823 Belém, Pará 255 256 Mutinous soldiers were locked in the hold of the Brig Diligente. The heat and lack of air caused the prisoners to panic. After multiple demands, the guards gave them a small amount of water, and a brawl started over it. Fearing they might escape, guards fired their weapons into the hold and threw quicklime down the hatches before locking them. All but one prisoner died.[3][4]
Pedra Bonita massacre May 14–17, 1838 Pernambuco 54 12 men, 12 women, and 30 children were sacrificed by a Sebastianist cult. 14 dogs were also killed. The cult's leader was eventually murdered by his brother who took over the cult. The cult was dismantled following a police raid where 5 soldiers and 16 cult members (Including 3 women) were killed.[5][6]
War of Canudos November 7, 1896 – October 2, 1897 Bahia 30.000 including The 15.000 Deaths in Gravata Vermelha massacre, Only some 150 survivors
Alto Alegre massacre March 13, 1901 Barra do Corda, Maranhão 200 A Rebellion by Guajajara Indians in the municipality of Barra do Corda, resulted in approximately 200 deaths.[7][8]
Alcobaça Shooting July, 1902 Alcobaça, Pará 10 forty-Indigenous people invaded the city of Alcobaça, and looted the guns of Manoel João, and attacked inhabitants of the city. Raymundo Memado shots and killed ten of the Indigenous people, disbanding them[9]
Iguaçu Massacre November 1914 Iguaçu Valley 17 During the Contestado war, 17 traders suspected of aiding the rebels were executed by pro-government irregulars.[10]
Garanhuns Hecatomb January 15,

1917

Garanhuns, Pernambuco 18 Following the assassination of mayor Julio Brasileiro, his nephew Alfredo Viana stormed the city with 100 men to avenge his death. With help from a judge and the police chief, 18 of the former mayor's enemies were lured into the local jail and shot to death.[11]
Battle of Praça da Sé October 7, 1934 São Paulo 7 Conflict between Anti-fascists and Integralists in the center of the city of São Paulo, 30 Wounded
Brazilian communist uprising of 1935 November 23–27, 1935 Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Recife, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro 150
Caldeirão massacre May 11,

1937

Crato, Ceará 400-700 Minister of war Eurico Gaspar Dutra ordered the destruction of the religious community known as ''Caldeirão da Santa Cruz do Deserto''. 200 policemen were sent to attack community, and the area was bombed by three military airplanes [12][13]
Pau de Colher massacre January 19–21,

1938

Pernambuco-Piauí border 1000 The Pernambuco police attacked the religious community of Pau de Colher, who included survivors from the Caldeirão massacre. It is estimated a total of 1000 inhabitants were killed; including those who were shot by police and those who died later of starvation and thirst[14]
Integralist Uprising May 11, 1938 Rio de Janeiro 22 Failed coup by the Brazilian Integralist Action (AIB) against the government of President Getúlio Vargas during the Estado Novo.
Ataléia Barracks Massacre 10 July 1948 Ataléia, Minas Geraiss 4 A group of soldiers stormed the local barracks to release private Alvino Nicolau Alves, who had been arrested for attacking his commanding officer while drunk. 4 guards were killed in the attack.[15]
Pacheco Fernandes Massacre February 8, 1959 Brasília, Federal District 100+ Mass murder of an unknown number workers by Brasília Special Guard[16]
Niterói circus fire 17 December 1961 Niterói, Rio de Janeiro 503[17] 800+ wounded, Three people were arrested and convicted of starting the fire[18]
Ipatinga massacre October 7, 1963 Minas Gerais 8 (Officially) 79 wounded
Massacre at 11th Parallel November 1963[19] Mato Grosso 3,500 Rubber workers massacre a village of Cinta Larga, leaving only 2 people alive.
Mari massacre January 15, 1964 Mari, Paraíba 11 Clash between peasants, plant employees and police in Mari, Paraíba leaves 11 dead and 4 injured[20]
Matapiruma massacre October 5, 1972 Escada, Pernambuco 2 Police officers from the Department of Political and Social Order of Pernambuco (DOPS/PE), opened fire on residents who worked cutting sugarcane, resulting in two deaths and several injuries[21]
Oficina de Reabilitação do Instituto Nacional de Previdência Social massacre [22][23][24][25] December 20, 1977 Curitiba, Paraná 2
Princesa Isabel massacre June 29, 1979 Princesa Isabel, Paraíba 7 [26][27][28]
Barra do Garças air disaster June 1, 1980 Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso 8 (including the perpetrator) 4 Wounded, Case of Suicide by pilot
Princesa Farm massacre September 11, 1985 Marabá, Pará 5 Murder and torture of five rural workers who occupied an area of the farm owned by Marlon Pidde in Marabá, southeastern Pará[29]
Umuarama Lynching December 20, 1986 Umuarama, Paraná 3 A crowd of 2,000 people invades the Umuarama Police Station and kills three prisoners who had raped a girl and murdered her boyfriend and their bodies are burned in a public square.[30][31][32][33]
Carandiru riot 1987 July 29, 1987 São Paulo 31 [34]
Helmet massacre March 28, 1988 Amazonas 4 19 wounded, Government workers massacre unarmed Ticuna.
1988 CSN strike November 9, 1988 Volta Redonda Rio de Janeiro 3 100+ Wounded. Three workers died in an attempt by the police and the army to retake control of the facilities. Two of them were shot and taken by their colleagues to a hospital. One was found with heavy bruises in the head.[35][36][37][38]
1989 Santa Elmira massacre March 11, 1989 Rio Grande do Sul 19 400 injured, MST workers attempted to occupy an area in Salto do Jacuí, but are shot at by UDR rural owners
Vila Socialista Massacre December 11, 1990 Diadema, São Paulo 2 Conflicts between Residents and Authorities during a Violent Repossession operation in Diadema leaves 2 homeless dead and 47 injured[39][40]
Attack on post of the Brazilian Army on the Traíra River February 26, 1991 Taraíra River, Amazonas 3 FARC guerrillas assaulted the Solimoes post in the remote region of the Traira river near the border with Colombia. The attack left three Brazilian soldiers dead and nine wounded. In response the Brazilian army launched Operation Traira[41][42]
Carandiru massacre October 2, 1992 São Paulo 111 The massacre was triggered by a prisoner revolt within the prison. The police made little if any effort to negotiate with the prisoners before the military police stormed the building, as the prison riot became more difficult for prison guards to control. The resulting casualties were of 111 prisoners killed and 37 more were injured
Haximu massacre June – July 1993 Haximu, Brazil 16-73 Garimpeiros (illegal gold miners) killed Yanomami people
Candelária massacre July 23, 1993 Rio de Janeiro 8 Police allegedly massacre 8 homeless people.
Vigário Geral massacre August 29, 1993 Rio de Janeiro 21 Rio Military Police attack random people in retribution for being attacked by gangs.
Paar killings May 29, 1995 Ananindeua, Pará 7 (including the perpetrators) Group of 5 criminals commanded by Paulo Mapará, invade the Conjunto PAAR police station, in Ananindeua, and kill 2 police officers, 2 investigators and 1 delegate.[43][44][45]
Slaughter of Corumbiara August 9, 1995 Corumbiara Rondônia 12 (Officially) Conflict between police officers and landless peasants results in the death of 12 people, including a nine-year-old child and two police officers and 64 injured[46][47]
Eldorado dos Carajás massacre April 17, 1996 Pará 19 Protesters for Landless Workers' Movement attempting to occupy a large private ranch were shot by military police.
Invasion of the Cikel farm June 11, 1996 Buriticupu, Maranhão 4 [48][49][50]
Barreiros shooting May 21–22, 1997 Rio Grande do Norte 15 (including the perpetrator) 1 wounded
Camarazal Massacre June 9, 1997 Nazaré da Mata, Pernambuco 2 Thirty gunmen attacked the Engenho Camarazal camp, in the city of Nazaré da Mata, Zona da Mata North of Pernambuco, shooting at landless rural workers camped in the area. Five workers were injured, including two children. Pedro Augusto da Silva and Inácio José da Silva, brothers-in-law, were murdered after being brutally tortured[51][52]
São José Liberto Prison riot February 28, 1998 Belém, Para 3 [53][54]
Caraguatatuba massacre May 11, 1998 Caraguatatuba, São Paulo 3 First massacre to occur in Caraguatatuba[55]
Jaboticabal massacre April 10, 1999 Jaboticabal, São Paulo 3 The Worker Edson de Oliveira Lima kills three young people aged 10, 18 and 12.[56][57][58][59][60]
Vida Nova School Massacre October 6, 1999 Vida Nova, Campinas, São Paulo 3 Four hooded men invaded a school in Campinas and killed 3 and injured 7[61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69]
Morumbi Shopping shooting November 3, 1999 Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo 3 4 Wounded[70][71]
Salto massacre August 25, 2000 Salto, São Paulo 5 Five people, including three teenagers, were killed inside a house in downtown Salto[72][73]
Portuguese massacre August 12, 2001 Fortaleza, Ceara 6 A Portuguese immigrant lured six Portuguese businessmen with the promise of women; the perpetrators abducted the victims and beat them to death after drawing out 46 thousand reais from their credit cards.[74][75][76][77][78][79][80]
Compaj massacre May 25, 2002 Manaus, Amazonas 13 [81]
Colegio Sigma shooting October 28, 2002 Jaguaribe, Salvador, Bahia 2 A 17-year-old student identified as E. R., armed with an .38 revolver, shot Vanessa Carvalho Batista in the head, killing her instantly; he then fired shots at Natasha Silva Ferreira, both of them 15-year-old, seriously injuring her, in the Colegio Sigma. She then died at the hospital. The shooter said he did not have a good relation with the two girls, and said that they ridiculed him publicly.[82][83][84]
Remanso shooting February 4, 2004 Remanso, Bahia 2 17-year-old youth shot and killed 13-year-old Farlley Bastos Almeida, who had previously ridiculed him, and then forced a taxi driver to take him to a nearby EDP school. There he shot and killed 23-year-old Ana Paula Feitosa de Almeida and wounded two others before being subdued by two students. A woman, afraid of getting shot, jumped out of a window in the third floor and broke her legs. In custody the youth stated that he sympathized with Islamic terrorists and had intended to kill at least a hundred people.[85]
Roosevelt Reservation Massacre April 7, 2004 Espigão d'Oeste, Rondonia 29 29 prospectors were killed by Cinta Larga Indians after illegally entering the reservation.[86][87][88]
Sè killings August 19–22, 2004 São Paulo 7 Between 19 and 22 August, seven homeless people were beaten to death in the centre of São Paulo. Two military police officers and a private security guard were subsequently charged with the killings. However, the charges were dropped on grounds of insufficient evidence.[89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96][97]
Parque Oeste massacre February 16, 2005 Goias 2 40 wounded. Unknown missing. Over 20 killed in aftermath. Landless farmers occupying a large ranch were shot by police.
Baixada massacre March 31, 2005 Baixada Fluminense 29 2 wounded, A military police officer shot and killed dozens of Brazilians after forming a gang, and was sentenced to 543 years in prison.
May Crimes May 12–17; July 12–17, 2006 São Paulo (state) and other parts of the country 564[98][99] 110 Wounded
Militias–Comando Vermelho massacres December 27, 2006-Today State of Rio de Janeiro 500.000+ deaths [100] In separate incidents, military police and drug dealers had massive shootouts to determine which gang would control the favela. Many civilians were caught in the crossfire.
Complexo do Alemão massacre June 27, 2007 Rio de Janeiro 19
Arame massacre April 8, 2009 Arame, Maranhão 6 Six criminals are killed by police officers during attempted postal bank robbery in Arame[101][102][103]
Rangel Killings July 9, 2009 Rangel neighborhood, João Pessoa, Paraíba 5-7 Five members of the same family, including a woman pregnant with twins, were murdered with a knife and sickle[104][105]
Uberaba massacre October 3, 2009 Uberaba neighborhood, Curitiba, Paraná 8 2 wounded[106][107][108]
Rio de Janeiro security crisis November 21–28, 2010 Rio de Janeiro 41 4 Wounded
Rio de Janeiro school shooting April 7, 2011 Rio de Janeiro 12 20 wounded. All children aged 10–13.
Icoaraci Massacre November 19, 2011 Icoaraci, Belém, Pará 6 Six teenagers were murdered by an extermination group[109][110][111][112]
Ouro Verde massacre January 12–13, 2014 Ouro Verde, Campinas, São Paulo 12 [113]
Cabula Massacre February 6, 2015 Cabula, Salvador, Bahia 12 Police execute twelve black boys and men with shots in the neck in the Vila Moises area, in the Cabula neighborhood, in the city of Salvador, 6 Wounded[114][115]
Pavilion 9 Massacre April 18, 2015 São Paulo 8 Murder of eight members of the Fans organized Pavilion 9 of Corinthians by Three Armed Men[116][117][118][119][120][121][122]
Costa Barros killings November 28, 2015 Costa Barros neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro 5 Murder of five young people by military police[123][124][125][126][127]
Agricultural Penitentiary of Monte Cristo riot October 16, 2016 Boa Vista, Roraima 25
Campinas massacre December 31, 2016 Campinas, São Paulo 13 (including a perpetrator) 3 wounded, A man angry that his ex-wife left him went to a New Year's party his ex-wife's family was holding, and fatally shot her, her family, and his son.
2017 Manaus prison riot[128] January 1, 2017 Manaus 56
Military Police of Espírito Santo strike February 4 – 25, 2017 Espírito Santo 215 215 people were killed in Espírito Santo during the violence
Porto Seguro massacre February 5, 2017 Porto Seguro Bahia 8 8 people killed and one injured by Nine gunmen[129][130]
2017 Santa Lúcia massacre[131][132][133][134] May 24, 2017 Fazenda Santa Lúcia, Pau d'Arco, Pará 10 17 military and civilian police shot and killed 10 farm-occupying activists associated with the Landless Workers' Movement.
Janaúba massacre October 5, 2017 Minas Gerais 14 37 wounded, A daycare security guard locked himself in a room with children between the ages of 3 and 7, doused fuel across the children and the room, and set the room alight.
Goyases School shooting October 20, 2017 Goiânia, Goiás 2 4 wounded
Compensa massacre December 12, 2017 Compensa neighborhood, Manaus, Amazonas 6 Armed group opens fire on football field in Manaus and kills six[135][136]
Fortaleza Nightclub Shooting[137][138] January 27, 2018 Cajazeiras, Fortaleza 14 9 Wounded
Campinas Cathedral shooting December 11, 2018 Campinas, São Paulo 5 (including the perpetrator) 4 injured non-fatally
Suzano massacre March 13, 2019 Suzano 10 (including the perpetrators) Former students of a Brazilian school shoot up a car shop and then the school. 11 injured
Belém bar shooting May 19, 2019 Belém, Pará 11 A group of heavily-armed men — riding on a motorcycle and in three cars — went on a shooting rampage at a bar in Brazil, killing at least 11 people on Sunday[139][140]
Amazonas prison massacres May 26–27, 2019 Amazonas 55
2019 Altamira prison riot July 29, 2019 Altamira, Pará 62 16 prisoners were beheaded, and a further 41 people died from inhaling smoke from a fire lit at the beginning of the riot.[141]
Saudades massacre May 4, 2021 Saudades, Santa Catarina 5 An 18-year-old young man, Fabiano Kipper Mai, broke into a daycare center with a machete in hand, killing 2 teachers and three children, as well as injuring a fourth. The attacker tried to commit suicide by cutting his neck, but survived and was rushed to the hospital.
2021 Rio de Janeiro shootout May 6, 2021 Jacarezinho, Rio de Janeiro 28 2 Wounded
Ceilândia killings June 9, 2021 Ceilândia, Federal District 4 The Serial Killer Lázaro Barbosa de Souza kills four members of a family in Ceilândia [142][143]
Vilhena massacre October 13, 2021 Vilhena, Rondônia 5 [144][145]
Varginha Massacre October 31, 2021 Varginha, Minas Gerais 26 26 Suspected members of a Gang of Bank Robbers are killed in a Police Operation.[146][147][148][149][150]
Sapiranga massacre December 25, 2021 Sapiranga , Fortaleza , Ceará 5 a group of hooded men shoot at a soccer field in the region of Sapiranga, in Fortaleza, leaving five dead and six injured.[151][152]
Gamboa Massacre March 1, 2022 Gamboa, Salvador, Bahia 3 Police kill three young black men in the Gamboa community in Salvador[153][154]
Vila Cruzeiro shootout May 24, 2022 Rio de Janeiro 25 6 Wounded
2022 Complexo do Alemão operation July 21, 2022 Rio de Janeiro 19
Aracruz school shootings November 25, 2022 Aracruz, Espírito Santo 4 a 16-year-old neo-nazi former student opened fire at two schools in Brazil, killing four and injuring 12[155]
Familicide in the Federal District January 2023 Federal District 10 Murder of 10 people from the same family between the end of December 2022 and mid-January 2023.
Sinop massacre[156] February 21, 2023 Sinop, Mato Grosso 8 (including a perpetrator) Two gunmen opened fire at a bar in Sinop, killing seven people, including a 12-year-old girl.
Blumenau massacre April 5, 2023 Blumenau, Santa Catarina 4 5 wounded[157][158]
Camocim massacre May 14, 2023 Camocim , Ceará 4 The Civil Police inspector Antônio Alves Dourado killed four colleagues at the Regional Police Station in Camocim[159][160][161]
2023 Salto Massacre May 15, 2023 Salto, São Paulo 2 The Military Police sergeant Gouveia kills two colleagues at the corporation's headquarters[162][163][164]

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