The following is a list of massacres that have taken place in the North American country of Mexico. Massacres NameDateLocationDeathsNotesMassacre in the Great Temple of TenochtitlanTenochtitlanHundreds or ThousandsSpaniards killed Mexica nobles while they were performing a religious ceremony.First Magdalena massacreMagdalena de Kino, Sonora31Seri people attack a village of Spanish inhabitantsSecond Magdalena massacreMagdalena de Kino, SonoraUnknownAll of Magdalena de Kino's residents died in an attack from the Seri peopleWells of Baján massacreWells of Baján, Coahuila40Goliad massacreGoliad County, Texas342465 prisoners. 28 escaped, 20 spared as workers, 75 spared as unarmed captives.Dawson massacrenear San Antonio de Bexar, Texas3615 captured and 36 killed out of a total of 54 Texan men.Black bean episodeSaltillo, Coahuila17Mexicans tell Texan and American diplomats that 1/10 of the prisoners they captured would die. They force Texans to choose out of a random bowl of beans, and those who chose a black bean were shot.1846 Monterrey massacreMonterrey, Nuevo León~60Ampudia ordered the white flag of surrender to be flown. Many American troops, especially the Texas Rangers ran about looting and burning houses, raping women, and killing entire families of Monterrey.1847 Monterrey massacreMonterrey, Nuevo León~50Texas volunteers blamed the Mexicans for the death of several of their companions in the occupied Monterrey. Consequently, American troops began shooting all civilians they encountered. The Houston Telegraph and Register, citing military sources reported over 50 killed.Saint Patrick's Battalion massacre10-13 September 1847Chapultepec, Mexico City5050 surrendered Irish volunteers who fought as part of the Mexican Army against the United States in the Mexican–American War, collectively known as Saint Patrick's battalion, were killed by the U.S. Army.Massacre at JanosJanos, ChihuahuaUnknownCrabb massacre 1-8 April 1857Caborca, Sonora8484 killed out of a total of 85 American men.Bacum Massacre 18 February 1868Town of Bacum, Sonora120Mexican troops gathered over 400 Yaqui men, women, and children into a church at Bacum and then began firing upon it, leaving up to 120 civilians deadMazocoba massacreGuaymas, Sonora~400Also known as the Battle of MazocobaQuizuani Ranch, Sonora127Reprisal massacre during the Yaqui Wars. 78 men, 26 women, and 20 children died. Some of the wounded were taken to Hermosillo Municipal Hospital afterwards.Cananea strikeCananea, Sonora2322 woundedRío Blanco strike7-8 January 1907Río Blanco, Veracruz 50-70Federal troops put down rioting textile workersTorreón massacreTorreón, Coahuila300Chinese Mexicans were targetedSan Pedro de la Cueva massacreSan Pedro de la Cueva, San Pedro de la Cueva Municipality, Sonora91During the Mexican Revolution, on the morning of December 2, 1915, after the disastrous campaign of his army in the state of Sonora, Pancho Villa angrily arrived in San Pedro de la Cueva and ordered the mass execution of all the residents of the town. He blamed them for the deaths of five of his men. An outpost under the command of one of her colonels, Margarito Orozco, had apprehended 300 men, women and children, training them in front of the church. When Villa ordered his officers to initiate the executions, Colonel Macario Bracamontes, who was active in his ranks, convinced him to spare the lives of a hundred women and children. Immediately, the rest of the prisoners, who numbered 112 men, were lined up against one of the walls of the Catholic church to be put under arms; at the beginning of the executions, the village priest, Andrés A. Flores Quesney, pleaded three times for the lives of the condemned, including his father, but Villa ended up killing him with a shot. The killing continued.Santa Isabel massacrenear Santa Isabel, Chihuahua18Villistas stopped a train near Santa Isabel, Chihuahua and killed around 17 American passengers from the ASARCO company of Tucson, Arizona.Villa Milpa Alta massacreMilpa Alta, Mexico City150-200Massacre of 150 to 200 civilians, including children, perpetrated by Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revolution1935 Revolution Day Zócalo BattleZócalo, Mexico City350 wounded, a violent conflict that broke out during the Revolution Day festival of 1935 at the Zócalo between members of the Revolutionary Mexicanist Action and multiple organizations associated with the Mexican Communist Party.León massacreLeón, Guanajuato30-100Federal Troops called in by the Governor of the State of Guanajuato, fired into a crowd of demonstrators, killing at least 40 and up to 100 peopleMaría Emilia Paz, 1946&f=false Strategy, Security, and Spies: Mexico and the U.S. as Allies in World War II (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997), p242La Alameda massacreMexico City200-500Massacre of Henriquis protesters who were protesting against fraud and irregularities in the 1952 presidential elections by the Mexican army.San Luis Potosí massacreSan Luis Potosí, San Luis PotosíUnknownChavinda massacreChavinda, Michoacán69A 22-year-old baker named Alfonso Medina, poisoned people with arsenic in Chavinda, causing at least 69 deaths.Atoyac massacreAtoyac de Álvarez, Guerrero5-11Police shot against protesters in the town of Atoyac de Álvarez. The protests were against the imposition of school uniforms and tuition fees. The massacre resulted in Lucio Cabañas creating a guerilla group that operated in the mountains of Guerrero the following years.Cosalá massacreDecember 1967Cosalá, Sinaloa7A drunken Mexican soldier killed six people in Cosalá, Mexico. The soldier shot dead three other soldiers, the wife of a soldier, and two other people, before being killed himself.San Miguel Canoa Massacrevillage of San Miguel Canoa, Puebla4A right-wing priest incited a mob of villagers to attack five mountain climbers who he believed were communists, 3 woundedTlatelolco massacreMexico City44-400Government troops massacred between 44 (officially) and 400 (according to human rights activists, CIA documents and independent investigations) students 10 days before the 1968 Summer Olympics taking place in Mexico City, and then tried to wash the blood away, along with evidence of the massacre.Huehuetlán el Chico massacreHuehuetlán el Chico, Puebla18Murder of peasants from Huehuetlán el Chico who were protesting against a mayorMonte de Chila massacreMonte Chila, Jopala, Puebla80 - 324Massacre of indigenous Totonac, perpetrated by the Mexican army, it is estimated that around 324 people died in the massacre, including children, women, elderly people and men; however, there are no official figuresCorpus Christi massacreMexico City120Also known as "El Halconazo", a student march was brutally attacked by a shock group called Los HalconesHuitzotlaco MassacreHuitzotlaco, Atlapexco, Hidalgo3Murder of 3 peasants by gunmen hired by caciques, 12 woundedGuadalajara, Jalisco1414 inmates murdered and seven injured.Tzacuala massacreTzacuala, Huautla, Hidalgo44 peasants killed in Ambush in a village in Tzacauala.Golonchán Viejo massacreGolonchán Viejo, Sitalá, Chiapas12Armed civilians and soldiers murdered at least 12 Tzeltal peasants. 40 woundedTula massacreAtotonilco de Tula, Hidalgo1313 tortured bodies were found at Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico at the time of Arturo Durazo Moreno AdministrationPantepec massacrePantepec, Puebla27Massacre of 27 Totonac and Tepehuán indigenous peasants by municipal police, white guards and hired killers.Centro Penitenciario Michoacán riotMichoacán1013 woundedQuerétaro filicideJardines de la Hacienda colonia, Querétaro City, Querétaro3Claudia Mijangos, 33, stabbed her three children to death in a fit of madness, saying she heard voices ordering her to do it.Christine nightclub shootoutPuerto Vallarta, Jalisco6-20Members of the Sinaloa Cartel (according to some sources accompanied by elements of the state's judicial police) attacked the Disco Christine in Puerto Vallarta, leaving a balance of 6 people dead and 3 injuredAguas Blancas massacreAguas Blancas, Guerrero17Peasant protestors demanding drinking water, schools, hospitals, and roads were shot by motorized policeSan Pedro Nixtalucum MassacreSan Pedro Nixtalucum, El Bosque, Chiapas4The State Police assault civilians sympathetic to the EZLN, resulting in 4 deaths, 29 wounded, 27 detained and 300 displacedMax Fim restaurant shootingCiudad Juárez, Chihuahua63 woundedActeal massacreChenalhó, Chiapas45Massacre carried out by paramilitary forces of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of indigenous townspeople, who were members of the pacifist group Las Abejas ("The Bees"), in the village of Acteal, municipality of Chenalhó, in the Mexican state of Chiapas.El Charco massacreTown of El Charco, Ayutla de los Libres, Guerrero1111 people were killed while sleeping in the local school, Caritino Maldonado by soldiersEl Sauzal massacreEl Sauzal, Baja California19A command of armed men arrives at the El Rodeo farm in Ensenada, and executes three entire families. 19 people were killed and 2 were seriously woundedEl Limoncito de Alayá MassacreEl Limoncito de Alayá, Cosalá, Sinaloa12Tijuana Cartel gunmen try to kill drug lord Javier Torres Félix and his brother Manuel at El Limoncito de Alayá, a farm in the municipality of Cosalá, Sinaloa After failing to find the two, the gunmen sought revenge by killing twelve residents of the area. 3 woundedSan Cristóbal AttackSan Cristóbal, Ecatepec2A desperate mechanic Jose Luis Nieto Avila runs over several children and teachers at the Gabriela Mistral Daycare Center, where five-year-old Adriana Martínez and three-year-old Rodrigo Reyes lost their lives. 22 wounded Toddlers killed in truck attack, BBC (May 7, 2002)Arrolla a 24 pequeños; mata a dos , El Universal (May 7, 2002)Sentencian a mecánico que arrolló a menores en kínder , Es Mas (November 26, 2003)2003 shootout Nuevo Laredo17 April - 4 May 2012Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas36 woundedSan Jerónimo de Juárez MassacreSan Jerónimo de Juárez, Guerrero122 wounded. At least 11 people were murdered in the coastal municipality of San Jerónimo de Juárez by a former military man who was apparently drugged, who was then shot and wounded. He was lynched by the villagers17 Are Killed in 2 Incidents, Fueling Mexicans' Fears of Violence, The New York Times (August 2, 2005)Ex-soldier kills 10 in a Mexican killing rampage, Taipei Times (August 2, 2005)Ex militar ebrio y drogado mata a 10 personas y luego lo linchan, La Cronica de Hoy (August 1, 2005)El ex soldado que mató a 11 había asesinado a otros dos, La Jornada (August 2, 2005)Matan en Guerrero a diez personas , El Universal (August 1, 2005)Silencio y dolor tras matanza en Guerrero , El Universal (August 2, 2005)Noche de pánico en San Jerónimo, cuando El Junior bajó gritando y tirando balazos, el-suracapulco.com.mxEl multiasesino de San Jerónimo había matado ya a dos personas: SSP , suracapulco.com.mx2006 civil unrest in San Salvador Atenco3-4 May 2006San Salvador Atenco, State of Mexico2200-300 woundedRío Bravo AmbushRío Bravo, Tamaulipas6Mexican politician Juan Antonio Guajardo and five companions were murdered in an ambush in Río Bravo La Marquesa massacreOcoyoacac, State of Mexico2424 bodies are found at a national park called La Marquesa; all bodies were shot and showed signs of tortureLa Mesa prison riots13-18 September 2008Tijuana, Baja California2212 woundedMorelia grenade attacksMorelia, Michoacán8132 wounded. A series of grenades are detonated in crowds gathered to celebrate Independence Day.2009 Ciudad Juárez prison riotCerezo state prison, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua2015 woundedCiudad Juárez rehab center attackEl Aliviane centre, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua183 woundedBalderas metro station shootingCuauhtémoc, Mexico City2A religious fanatic, Luiz Felipe Hernández, kills a civilian and a police officer at the Balderas station of the Metro Collective Transport System, 5 WoundedVillas de Salvárcar massacreCiudad Juárez, Chihuahua15Cartel members massacre 16 teenagers, outraging Ciud