Villatina massacre

Villatina massacre
The Park of the Journalist in downtown Medellín has a monument to the victims of the Villatina massacre.
LocationMedellín, Antioquia
Colombia
Date15 November 1992
TargetCivilians
Attack type
shooting, mass murder, massacre
Weaponssmall arms
Deaths9
PerpetratorsColombian National Police

The Villatina massacre was a massacre of eight children and one young adult by the Colombian police that took place on 15 November 1992 in the city of Medellín. Colombian policemen had been killed by youth gangs before the massacre took place, and the Colombian police were attempting to exact revenge against the gangs by carrying out the massacre. None of the victims of the massacre were gang members; they were all members of a Protestant Christian organization.