San Miguel Canoa massacre

San Miguel Canoa massacre
LocationSan Miguel Canoa, Puebla, México
DateSeptember 14, 1968 (1968-09-14)
Attack type
Massacre, lynching
Deaths2
Injured3
MotiveAnti-communism

The Massacre of San Miguel Canoa was a lynching that occurred in the village of San Miguel Canoa in Puebla, México on 14 September 1968. Enrique Meza Pérez, a right-wing priest, incited a mob of villagers to attack five mountain climbers whom he believed were communists. Two were killed in the attack and three sustained serious injuries, but survived.

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