2016 Tumeremo massacre

The Tumeremo massacre occurred on 8 March 2016, in which 28 miners were murdered and kidnapped in the town of Tumeremo, located in the state of BolĂ­var, Venezuela. On the night of 4 March 2016, they were in the Atenas mine, on the border between the municipalities of Sifontes and Roscio, a poor area where, like most of the southeast of the country, the main economic activity is mining.

Tumeremo massacre
LocationTumeremo, Bolivar State, Venezuela
DateMarch 8, 2016 (2016-03-08)
TargetTumeremo miners
Deaths4 (confirmed); 24 disappeared, supposedly murdered
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