| Puerto Hurraco massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Puerto Hurraco, Benquerencia de la Serena Spain |
| Coordinates | 38°38′27″N 5°32′17″W / 38.640962°N 5.537965°W |
| Date | 26 August 1990 10:15 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. (UTC+1) |
| Target | townspeople |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Weapons | Two 12-gauge shotguns |
| Deaths | 9 |
| Injured | 12 |
| Perpetrators | Antonio Izquierdo Emilio Izquierdo |
The Puerto Hurraco massacre was a mass murder that occurred on the afternoon of Sunday, 26 August 1990 in Puerto Hurraco, a village in Benquerencia de la Serena, municipality in the Province of Badajoz, (Extremadura, Spain). It has 135 inhabitants (200 in summer). The perpetrators were the brothers Emilio and Antonio Izquierdo, members of the "Izquierdo family", who murdered 9 people in the streets of their hometown, some of them belonged to their rivals, the "Cabanillas family" (two girls of 13 and 14 years old among them), and caused serious injuries to 12 others. The two then fled, but they were arrested during the next morning and eventually sentenced each to 684 years in prison.[1][2] They died in prison, aged 72 and 74.