Eldorado do Carajás massacre
Drawing by political cartoonist Carlos Latuff depicting the massacre | |
| Native name | Massacre de Eldorado do Carajás |
|---|---|
| English name | Eldorado do Carajás massacre |
| Date | April 17, 1996 |
| Location | Highway PA-150, Eldorado do Carajás, Pará, Brazil |
| Type | Massacre |
| Cause | Police brutality |
| Target | Peaceful protesters of the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) |
| Perpetrator | Brazilian military police |
| Deaths | 19 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 69 |
| Sentence | May 7, 2012, two commanders jailed |
The Eldorado do Carajás massacre (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈsakɾi dʒi ɛwdoˈɾadu du kɐɾɐˈʒas]) was the mass killing of 19 landless farmers who were taking part in a peaceful protest. They were shot by military police on April 17, 1996, in the southern region of the Pará state, Brazil.