2016 Cape Verde army mutiny

Monte Tchota massacre

Location of São Domingos municipality Santiago within Cape Verde islands
Date25 - 27 April 2016 (2 days)
LocationMonte Tchota, Santiago Island, Cape Verde
15°04′N 23°38′W / 15.067°N 23.633°W / 15.067; -23.633Coordinates: 15°04′N 23°38′W / 15.067°N 23.633°W / 15.067; -23.633
Result

Mutiny put down

  • Rogue army soldier captured
Belligerents
Cabo Verdean Armed Forces (FACV) and Police
 Rogue FACV soldiers
Commanders and leaders

Sergeant Romario Steffan Dias Lima †[1]
Colonel Carlos Monteiro (Commander of 3rd Military Region)[2]

Jorge Carlos Fonseca (Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces, President)
Ulisses Correia e Silva (Prime Minister)
Luis Filipe Tavares (Defense Minister)
Alberto Fernandes (Armed Forces Chief of Staff)[1]
Lieutenant Colonel José Rui Neves[1]		 Manuel António Silva Ribeiro (POW)[3]
Units involved
Marine Corps[2]
Casualties and losses
  • 1 captured
Total: 11 killed

The 2016 Cape Verde army mutiny known as the Monte Tchota massacre[5][2][1] by Cape Verde media, occurred in the early hours of the 25th of April.

Monte Tchota massacre

Between the hours of 9:30 and 10:00 in the morning, a rogue FACV soldier identified as 23 year old Manuel Antonio Silva Ribeiro, opened fire at the Monte Tchota army barracks, 27 km (17 miles) north of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde.[6] The FACV barracks housed a 9-manned detachment of Marine Corps soldiers assigned to the 3rd Military Region with protecting a hilltop communications hub. The shooting occurred as the soldiers were helping to repair antennas at the top of the hill near the barracks. Antonio Ribeiro opened fire on his fellow soldiers, shooting eight to death. In the aftermath of the shootings, the ex-soldier killed the three technicians, two Spanish and a local Cape Verdean, who stopped him from leaving in a getaway car. Eight Kalashnikov rifles and ammunition were stolen from the dead soldiers and later discovered in the abandoned car nearby.

The bodies were discovered shot to death 24-hours later by a police officer.[3][7]

Victims

FACV Soldiers; Nelson Neide de Brito, of Brava island, Romario Steffan Dias Lima, of St. Anthony island, Anacleto Lopes dos Santos, of St. Anthony island, Marilson Adérito Fernandes Delgado, of Santiago island, Mario Stanick Fernandes Pereira, of Santiago island, José Maria Correia Ribeiro, of Santiago island, Wilson Ramos Mendes, of Santiago island, Adérito Silva Rocha, of Santiago island.[4]

Civilians; Danielson Reis Monteiro (Cape Verde), Angelo Martinez Ruiz and David Sanches Zamarreno (Spain).[4]

Arrests

The rogue FACV soldier was arrested by in a joint operation by judicial police and the military two days later in a neighborhood of the capital of Praia.[4][8]

In response to the incident President Jorge Carlos Fonseca said a personal feud was being the killings, ruling out an attempted coup or links to the drug trade.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ilhas, Fonte: Inforpress/Expresso das. "Massacre de Monte Tchota "não faz parte da nossa cultura" - Primeiro-Ministro - Expresso das Ilhas". www.expressodasilhas.sapo.cv. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
  2. 1 2 3 "Porto Novo parou para prestar última homenagem o militar morto emtragédia de Monte Txota - Primeiro diário caboverdiano em linha - A SEMANA". www.asemana.publ.cv. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. 1 2 "Cabo Verde: detido soldado suspeito de onze mortes". www.sabado.pt. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 AfricaNews. "Cape Verde shooting suspect arrested, gov’t confirms | Africanews". africanews.channel. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  5. ↑ "ABOLA.PT - Vítimas do massacre de Monte Tchota começam a ser sepultadas". abola.pt. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  6. ↑ News, ABC. "Cape Verde Official: Police Nab Suspect in Slaying of 11". ABC News. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  7. ↑ "Cabo Verde envia condolências ao Rei por vítimas de "ato tresloucado"". Notícias ao Minuto. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  8. ↑ "Página Oficial do Governo de Cabo Verde". www.governo.cv. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  9. ↑ News, ABC. "Cape Verde: Disgruntled Soldier Suspected of Killing 11". ABC News. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
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