| Marusia massacre | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Chilean mine workers | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Arturo Alessandri Pedro Schultz | Militant mine workers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500 mine workers | |||||||
The Marusia massacre (Spanish: Masacre de Marusia) (March, 1925) was the response of the Chilean government under president Arturo Alessandri to a strike by the workers of a saltpeter mine leading to over 500 dead, over ninety percent being strikers or their family members.