Honduras and La Negra farms massacre explained

The Honduras and La Negra farms massacre, also known as the Urabá massacre, was the 4 March 1988 mass killing of farmworkers at the Honduras and La Negra farms in Turbo, Urabá, Antioquia, Colombia.^{[1] [2] [3]}

20 former ELN guerrillas recruited and armed by the Colombian Army's Voltíjeros battalion attacked the Honduras farm in Currulao, Antioquia and killed 17 of its unionized peasant banana workers.^{[4] [5]} The same men then traveled to the nearby La Negra farm and killed 3 of its workers.^[6]

Victims

Honduras farm victims

The first 17 victims at the Honduras farm were sleeping with their families and other workers when they were attacked. They were all active members of the Antioquia Agricultural workers Trade Union (SINTAGRO). The perpetrators called out the victim's names one by one, ordered them to lie on the ground, and shot them.^[7]

• Pedro Miguel Gonzalez Martinez (20)
• Jose Bienvenido Gonzalez Martinez (20)
• Jose Mesa Sanchez
• Jose Joaquin Mendoza (30)
• Ivan Dario Molina (35)
• Rodrigo Guzman Espita (35)
• Manuel Espita Cogollo (40)
• Enrique Guizao Giraldo (47)
• Rito Martinez Reyes (28)
• Santiago Ortiz Caudo (40)
• Nestor Mariño Galvez (45)
• Jose Indovel Pineda (29)
• Nataniel Rojas Restrepo (48)
• Omar Ochoa
• Guillermo Leon Valencia
• Manuel Durango
• Jose Francisco Blanco

La Negra farm victims

• Julian Carrillo
• Alirio Rojas
• Adel Menese Pineda

Aftermath and impact

A memorial dedicated to the victims of the massacre, as well as 26 other murdered banana workers, stands in La Piña, Turbo, Antioquia.^[8]

External links

• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights report on the incident
• Forensic Architecture investigation
• Unclassified Department of State telegram

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1 February 1994 . Colombia 10.912 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151019215133/https://www.cidh.org/annualrep/93eng/Colombia.10912.htm . 19 October 2015 . 1 October 2024 . Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
2. Web site: 30 May 1988 . EL DOSSIER DE URABA . 31 October 2024 . Semana . spanish.
3. Web site: 25 August 1992 . ACUSAN A TRES MILITARES POR MASACRES EN TURBO . 31 October 2024 . El Tiempo . spanish.
4. Web site: 28 June 2022 . Evans . Michael . "There is Future if There is Truth": Colombia's Truth Commission Launches Final Report . 31 October 2024 . National Security Archive at The George Washington University.
5. Web site: Tiempo . Redacción El . 2010-10-29 . 1982-1990. Se conocen las masacres paramilitares . 2024-10-31 . El Tiempo . spanish.
6. Web site: 4 April 1988 . LA MASACRE DE URABA . 24 October 2024 . Semana . es.
7. Book: Colombia's Killer Networks: The Military-paramilitary Partnership and the United States . Human Rights Watch (Americas) . 1996 . 73.
8. Web site: Cala . Laura . 1 August 2023 . En Nueva Colonia se levantó un monumento en memoria de las 46 víctimas durante masacre de las bananeras . 31 October 2024 . Unidad para las Víctimas . es.