List of massacres in Puerto Rico

The following list is a list of massacres that have occurred in Puerto Rico:

Name Date Location Deaths Notes
Río Piedras massacre 1935-10-24 Río Piedras 5 [1]
Ponce massacre 1937-03-21 Ponce 21 [2]
Dupont Plaza Hotel arson 1986-12-31 San Juan 98 [3]
Cayey Massacre 1994-03-13 Cayey 4 [4]
Sabana Seca massacre 2009-10-17 Sabana Seca 8 [5]
2019 Río Piedras shooting 2019-10-14 Río Piedras 6 [6]

References
  1. Bosque Pérez, Ramón (2006). Puerto Rico Under Colonial Rule. SUNY Press. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7914-6417-5. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  2. Wagenheim, Kal; Jiménez de Wagenheim, Olga (1998). The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History. Maplewood, N.J.: Water Front Press. pp. 179–182.
  3. "Analysis Of Carboxyhemoglobin And Cyanide In Blood From Victims Of The Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire In Puerto Rico" (PDF). Fire.nist.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  4. "UNITED STATES v. NEWTON". Findlaw. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  5. Alvarado León, Gerardo; Parés, Marga (October 18, 2009). "Masacre en Sabana Seca" [Massacre in Sabana Seca] (in Spanish). El Nuevo Día. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  6. "Shooting kills 6 in Puerto Rico, leads to emergency meeting". Washington Post. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
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