Puerto Hurraco massacre
| Puerto Hurraco massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Puerto Hurraco, Benquerencia de la Serena, Spain |
| Coordinates | 38°37′59″N 5°33′0″W / 38.63306°N 5.55000°WCoordinates: 38°37′59″N 5°33′0″W / 38.63306°N 5.55000°W |
| Date |
August 26, 1990 10:15 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. (UTC+1) |
| Target | townspeople |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Weapons | Two 12-gauge shotguns |
| Deaths | 9 |
Non-fatal injuries | 6+ |
| Perpetrators |
Antonio Izquierdo Emilio Izquierdo |
The Puerto Hurraco massacre was a mass murder that occurred in Puerto Hurraco, a village in Benquerencia de la Serena municipality in the Province of Badajoz, Spain on August 26, 1990, when brothers Antonio and Emilio Izquierdo fired at people in the streets with two shotguns, killing nine and wounding at least six others. The two then fled, but were arrested next morning and eventually sentenced each to 684 years in prison,[1][2] where they died aged 72 and 74.
Victims
- Reinaldo Benítez Romero, 62
- Manuel Cabanillas Carrillo, 55
- Antonia Cabanillas Rivero, 14
- Encarnación Cabanillas Rivero, 12, sister of Antonia Cabanillas
- Isabel Carrillo Dávila, 70
- Andrés Ojeda Gallardo, 36, son-in-law of Isabel Carrillo
- Araceli Murillo Romero, 60
- Antonia Murillo Fernández, 58
- José Penco Rosales, 43
Among those wounded were: Guillermo Ojeda Sánchez, 6, Antonio Cabanillas Benítez, 24, Juan Antonio Fernández Trejo, 31, Ángela Sánchez Murillo, 42, Felicitas Benítez Romero, 59, Vicenta Izquierdo Sánchez, Isabel Cabanillas, and Manuel Calero Márquez.
References
- ↑ La matanza de Puerto Hurraco, Fin de semana (July 22, 2005)
- ↑ Los hermanos Izquierdo, condenados a 684 años de cárcel por la matanza de Puerto Hurraco, El Mundo (January 26, 1994)
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