Puerto Hurraco massacre

Puerto Hurraco massacre
Location38°38′27″N 5°32′17″W / 38.640962°N 5.537965°W / 38.640962; -5.537965
Puerto Hurraco, Benquerencia de la Serena
Spain
Date26 August 1990
c. 21:30 – 22:00 (UTC+1)
TargetCabanillas family, other townspeople
Attack type
Mass murder
WeaponsTwo 12-gauge Franchi 48AL semi-automatic shotguns
Deaths9
Injured12
PerpetratorsAntonio Izquierdo
Emilio Izquierdo

The Puerto Hurraco Massacre was a mass murder that occurred on 26 August 1990 in Puerto Hurraco, a village in Benquerencia de la Serena municipality, Province of Badajoz, (Extremadura, Spain). The perpetrators were brothers Emilio and Antonio Izquierdo, who murdered 9 people in the street, some belonging to the Cabanillas family, which had a long-time enmity with the Izquierdos, and caused serious injuries to 12 others. The perpetrators fled but were apprehended the next morning, and were later sentenced each to 342 years in prison.