El Salado massacre
| El Salado Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | El Salado, Colombia |
| Date | February 16, 2000-February 22, 2000 |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Weapons | Chainsaws, light weapons, stones, sticks, iron mortars, ropes, hammers |
| Deaths | +100 |
| Injured | 1 (An unknown person) |
| Victims | The citizens of El Salado |
| Perpetrator | United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia : commanded by Luis Francisco Robles Mendoza, alias 'Amaury', Jhon Jairo Esquivel Cuadrado, 'the Tiger' and Uber Enrique Bánquez Martínez, 'Juancho Dique', under orders of Jorge 40, Salvatore Mancuso, Rodrigo Mercado Pelufo |
The El Salado Massacre was a massacre committed in the Colombian town of El Salado in Montes de María, Bolívar between February 16 and 22, 2000, although other sources say that the massacre lasted for two weeks. The mass murder was committed by the Bloque Norte and Bloque Héroes de los Montes de María of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), commanded by Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (alias 'Jorge 40'), and Rodrigo Mercado Pelufo (alias 'Cadena').