Socos Massacre
| Socos Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of Peruvian conflict | |
| Location | Socos, Ayacucho, Peru |
| Coordinates | |
| Date | November 13, 1983 ( ) |
| Target | Civilians |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Weapons | Firearms, grenades |
| Deaths | 32 |
| Injured | |
| Perpetrators | Sinchis of the Peruvian Civil Guard, led by Lieutenant Luis Alberto Dávila Reátegui |
| Assailants | |
No. of participants | |
| Defenders | |
| Inquiry | Judicial process |
| Coroner | |
| Convicted | Luis Alberto Dávila Reátegui members of the Civil Guard |
| Verdict | Guilty (initially) |
| Convictions | 11 initially, later amnestied. |
| Charges | Qualified homicide and attempted homicide |
| Litigation | |
The Socos massacre, or Soccos massacre (Spanish: masacre de Socos) occurred on 13 November 1983, when a group of Sinchis of the Peruvian Civil Guard in a state of drunkenness, led by Lieutenant Luis Alberto Dávila Reátegui, killed 32 people from the town of Socos, in the Department of Ayacucho, during the Peruvian conflict.