Socos Massacre

Socos Massacre
Part of Peruvian conflict
LocationSocos, Ayacucho, Peru
Coordinates 
DateNovember 13, 1983 ( )
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Massacre
WeaponsFirearms, grenades
Deaths32
Injured 
PerpetratorsSinchis of the Peruvian Civil Guard, led by Lieutenant Luis Alberto Dávila Reátegui
Assailants 
No. of participants
 
Defenders 
InquiryJudicial process
Coroner 
ConvictedLuis Alberto Dávila Reátegui
members of the Civil Guard
VerdictGuilty (initially)
Convictions11 initially, later amnestied.
ChargesQualified 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.