1939 Gachetá massacre

1939 mass shooting in Colombia August 2023 Gachetá, Colombia Colombian Conservative Party members and supporters 1939 01 08 9 17 Uncertain The Gachetá massacre was a mass shooting that took place on January 8, 1939, in the town of the same name, located in Cundinamarca, Colombia, approximately 100 km away from the capital, Bogotá. The events took place during the presidency of Eduardo Santos, a member of the Colombian Liberal Party. Although this was an act of public order and not a political one, the Conservative Party took advantage of it. A scandal followed, as the El Siglo newspaper stated that the massacre had been ordered by the government of President Santos. The details of the event have been controversial, but the official version showed a balance of 9 dead and 17 wounded, all related to the Colombian Conservative Party.http://docencia.udea.edu.co/regionalizacion/irs-505/contenido/clase2-3.html La revolución en marcha 2022-07-31 2022-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20220331225942/http://docencia.udea.edu.co/regionalizacion/irs-505/contenido/clase2-3.html dead References Colombia Category:Massacres in Colombia Category:1939 in Colombia Category:Massacres in 1939 Category:20th-century mass murders in Colombia Category:January 1939 in South America Category:1939 mass shootings Category:20th-century mass shootings in South America Category:1930s crimes in South America