| Machuca massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Machuca, Antioquia Department, Colombia |
| Date | 18 October 1998 2:00 am |
Attack type | bombing |
| Deaths | 70 |
| Injured | 30+ |
| Perpetrators |  ELN |
The Machuca massacre (Spanish: La Masacre de Machuca) was a massacre that took place in the Colombian village of Machuca, near Segovia, Antioquia on October 18, 1998. Guerillas belonging to the National Liberation Army (ELN) dynamited an oil pipeline, which caused a spreading fire to the village. Seventy people lost their lives, many of them children.