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The Massacre of El Amparo was a massacre of 14 fishermen which took place near the village of El Amparo, in
Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
's western state of
Apure Apure State (, ) is one of the 23 States of Venezuela, states of Venezuela. Its territory formed part of the provinces of Mérida (state), Mérida, Maracaibo, and Barinas (state), Barinas, in accordance with successive territorial ordinations ...
, on 29 October 1988.
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, 31 March 1993
Venezuela: The Amparo Massacre: Four years on


Investigation

A joint military-police unit claimed the fishermen (who had no police records and were not known to either Venezuelan or Colombian military intelligence) were a group of guerillas who attacked them with guns and grenades, with an alleged 15–20 minute exchange of gunfire occurring at a range of 20–30m. No injuries were sustained by the unit, and an informant from the unit told investigators that the arms that were found amongst the bodies of the fishermen had been planted.
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Human Rights in Venezuela
October 1993, pp 20–22 An autopsy performed by Colombian officials on a Venezuelan victim found that he had been shot in the back, his skull crushed by heavy blows, and his face disfigured by acid. A month later further autopsies were performed by Venezuelan officials, with similar findings; the report was suppressed, but witnesses reported the results.Coronil, Fernando, and Skurski, Julie (2006), "Dismembering and Remembering the Nation: The Semantics of Political Violence in Venezuela", in Coronil, Fernando and Skurski, Julie (eds, 2006), ''States of Violence''.
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, pp 96–97 A case taken to the
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(IACHR) concluded in 1996, with the IACHR ordering Venezuela to pay over $700,000 in reparations to next of kin and surviving victims.
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, 14 September 1996
El Amparo Case
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Popular culture

The 2016 film ''El Amparo'' portrays two survivors of the massacre, who have to face the pressure of being accused of being guerrillas and retaliation.


See also

* List of massacres in Venezuela * Yumare massacre * 2021 Apure clashes


References

El Amparo Massacres in 1988 20th-century mass murder in Venezuela Massacres in Venezuela 1988 murders in Venezuela {{massacre-stub