Ranquil massacre

Ranquil massacre
DateJune–July 1934
LocationAlto Bío Bío, Chile
Result Demands of the workers rejected, repressing peasant land seizures and strike repressed, Chilean government victory
Belligerents

Chilean forestry workers and peasants
Mapuche rebels Supported by:

Chile Government of Chile

Supported by:

Commanders and leaders
Arturo Alessandri
Óscar Novoa
Humberto Arriagada Valdivieso
Casualties and losses
477 workers and Mapuches 6 soldiers

The Ranquil massacre (Spanish: matanza de Ránquil) was a massacre of forestry workers by the Chilean Army in the upper Bio-Bio River in 1934. The upper Bio-Bio region had recently been opened for Chilean and foreign settlers due to the occupation of the Araucania, and huge extensions of former Mapuche land were available. The workers rebelled against the lumber mill administrators, later the Chilean Army was called to restore order. 477 workers and Mapuches were killed as result. Around 500 prisoners were taken.

See also

Further reading

  • Klubock, Thomas Miller (2010). Ránquil: Violence and Peasant Politics on Chile's Southern Frontier. A Century of Revolution: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America's Long Cold War. Duke University Press. pp. 121–159.

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