La Gabarra massacre

La Gabarra Massacre
Location	La Gabarra, Municipality of Tibú, Norte de Santander Colombia
Date	June 16, 1996
Target	Civilians in a crossfire
Attack type	shooting, mass murder, massacre
Weapons	small arms
Deaths	35-43
Perpetrators	AUC

Colombian conflict
(1964–present)

Timeline

Dominican Embassy siege (1980)
Palace of Justice siege (1985)
Avianca Flight 203 bombing (1989)
DAS Building bombing (1989)
Villatina Massacre (1992)
La Gabarra massacre (1996)
Mapiripán massacre (1997)
El Aro massacre (1997)
Villanueva massacre (1998)
Macayepo massacre (2000)
Bojayá massacre (2002)
Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis (2002–2009)
El Nogal bombing (2003)
Operation 14 July (2003)
Bahía Portete massacre (2004)
Operation JM (2004–2006)
San José de Apartadó massacre (2005)
Jamundí massacre (2006)
Operation Emmanuel (2007)
Operation Jaque (2008)
Operation Fenix (2008)
Nariño massacres (2009)
2013 Colombian clashes

La Gabarra Massacre (Spanish: La Masacre de La Gabarra) was a massacre that occurred on June 16, 1996 near the Colombian village of La Gabarra, Municipality of Tibú, Norte de Santander near the border with Venezuela. It was perpetrated by members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC paramilitary group) against alleged members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC guerrilla).^[1] Some 35-43 people were massacred.

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