Los Maniceros massacre

Los Maniceros massacre
The men's corpses were found scattered across Táchira in Venezuela.
LocationTáchira, Venezuela
Attack type
Kidnapping and murder
Deaths11
Injured1

The Los Maniceros massacre was the 2009 kidnapping in Colombia of twelve members of a Colombian amateur association football team Los Maniceros (The Peanut Men), eleven of whom were later murdered. The dead were aged between 17 and 38.[1]

A single survivor, 19-year-old Manuel Cortez,[1][2] sustained a bullet wound through his neck.[1] The eleven bodies were discovered in several locations across the state of Táchira in Venezuela, according to Venezuela's Vice President Ramón Carrizales.[3] [4] The kidnapped men were mostly Colombian; one was Peruvian and one Venezuelan.[2][5]

Venezuela was on high alert following the incident,[1] with troops in the area ordered to "act forcefully" against any armed Colombian group.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d Ian James (2009-10-26). "Venezuela ups border security after 10 slayings". Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 31, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
  2. ^ a b "Bodies found of 10 kidnap victims in Venezuela". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  3. ^ "11th body in massacre on Venezuela border found". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  4. ^ "Colombian soccer players found dead in Venezuela". Reuters India. 2009-10-25. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
  5. ^ "Venezuela blocks Colombian mission to collect bodies". Latin American Herald Tribune. 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2009-10-29.
  6. ^ Ian James (2009-10-25). "Venezuela ups border security after 10 slayings". Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-26.