Christmas Day Massacre (El Salvador)

Christmas Day Massacre
Rally attendants fleeing the massacre site
San Salvador
San Salvador (El Salvador)
LocationSan Salvador, El Salvador
Coordinates13°41′51″N 89°11′28″W / 13.69750°N 89.19111°W / 13.69750; -89.19111
Date25 December 1922 (1922-12-25)
approximately 4:00 p.m.
TargetPro-Miguel Tomás Molina political rally
Attack type
Massacre
Deaths"Dozens"
Injured100+
PerpetratorsRed League
Salvadoran Army
National Guard
National Police

The Christmas Day Massacre occurred on 25 December 1922 in San Salvador, El Salvador when members of El Salvador's security forces and the paramilitary Red League shot at a crowd of people supporting the presidential campaign of Miguel Tomás Molina.