Acteal massacre
1997 terror attack in Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Acteal massacre was a massacre of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of Catholic indigenous townspeople, including a number of children and pregnant women, who were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas ("The Bees"), in the small village of Acteal in the municipality of Chenalhó, in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Right-wing paramilitary group Máscara Roja murdered the victims on December 22, 1997, while the Government of Mexico first admitted responsibility for the massacre in September 2020.[1] [2][3]
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Part of Chiapas conflict | |
Location | Acteal, Chiapas |
Coordinates | 16.9881°N 92.5175°W / 16.9881; -92.5175 |
Date | December 22, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-12-22) |
Target | Las Abejas |
Deaths | 45 |
Perpetrators | Máscara Roja with the consent of the Government of Mexico |
Motive | End EZLN sympathizing |
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