Porvenir massacre

This article is about the 2008 massacre in Bolivia. For the 1918 massacre in Presidio County, Texas, see Porvenir Massacre (1918).
Deaths at El Porvenir, 11 September 2008
1. Pedro Oshiro
2. Alfredo Robles Céspedes
3. Bernardino Racua
4. Wilson Castillo Quispe
5. Wilson Richard Mejía Miahata
6. Arnaldo González Inuma
7. Alfonzo Cruz Quispe
8. Celedonio Bazoaldo García
9. Felix Roca Torrez
10. Ditter Tupa Matty
11. Luis A. Rivero
12. Jhonny Cari
Source: UNASUR,[1] El Deber.[2] Note: The killing of soldier Ramiiro Tiñini Alvarado at the Cobija airport on September 12, 2008 is also included in the prosecution for the massacre.

The Porvenir massacre (also, El Porvenir massacre, Pando massacre) was a deadly ambush in the early hours of September 11, 2008, allegedly organized by Prefectural authorities of the Bolivian Department of Pando, as part of a civil coup d'état against the government of Evo Morales by members of the right-wing civic movement. As a result of the ambush, at least 12 indigenous protesters of the municipality of El Porvenir died that day.

It was the most deadly act of political violence in Bolivia since 2003. The protesters were marching to the departmental capital of Cobija to protest departmental government actions during a national political crisis. An investigation by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) found the massacre to be a crime against humanity.[3] UNASUR's reported list of 19 victims was later shortened to 13 confirmed dead by Bolivian prosecutors.[2]

  1. ^ UNASUR Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de los Hechos de Pando (November 2008). "Infome de la Comisión de UNASUR sobre los Sucesos de Pando" (PDF). UNASUR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 6Preg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Comisión de UNASUR y Calificación de la Masacre de Bolivia, December 5, 2008.