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Honduras and La Negra farms massacre
Part of Colombian conflict
LocationHonduras farm and La Negra farm, Urabá Antioquia, Colombia
DateMarch 4, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-03-04)

The Honduras and La Negra farms massacre, also known as the Urabá massacre, was the 4 March 1988 mass killing of farmworkers at the Honduras and La Negra farms in Urabá Antioquia, Colombia.[1]

20 ex-guerrillas recruited by the Colombian Army's Voltíjeros battalion attacked the Honduras farm in Currulao, Antioquia and killed 17 of its workers. The same men then traveled to the nearby La Negra farm and killed 3 of its workers.

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  1. ^ "Colombia 10.912". Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 1 February 1994. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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