Mejicanos massacre

Mejicanos massacre
Mejicanos massacre
	The burnt minibus the day after the massacre
Location	Mejicanos, El Salvador
Date	20 June 2010 ; 7:30 – 8:00 p.m. (CST)
Target	2 minibuses
Attack type	Arson, mass shooting
Deaths	19
Injured	14–15
Perpetrators	18th Street gang
Motive	Revenge for the killing of an 18th Street gang member by MS-13
Convicted	5

The Mejicanos massacre (Spanish: masacre de Mejicanos), also known as the Route 47 massacre (masacre de la ruta 47),^[1] occurred on 20 June 2010 when members of the 18th Street gang (Barrio 18) attacked two minibuses in the Salvadoran city of Mejicanos, just northeast of the capital city of San Salvador. During the massacre, members of Barrio 18 shot at one minibus and burned a second, killing 19 people in total and injuring 14 or 15 more.

The Mejicanos massacre was committed by the 18th Street gang in revenge for the killing of member of Barrio 18 in Mejicanos by MS-13, one of Barrio 18's rivals, the day prior. Since 2011, a total of 5 individuals have been convicted for their roles in the Mejicanos massacre. The massacre, which Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes and the National Civil Police described as a terrorist attack, remains the deadliest attack committed by street gangs in El Salvador.^[2]^[3]

^ Baires Quezada, Rodrigo (21 June 2010). "PNC Detiene a Ocho Pandilleros por Masacre de la Ruta 47" [PNC Detains Eight Gang Members for the Route 47 Massacre]. El Faro (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ González Díaz, Marcos (20 June 2020). "Cómo fue la Masacre del Microbús en Mejicanos, el Ataque Más Sangriento de las Maras de El Salvador en el que 17 Pasajeros Murieron Carbonizados" [What Was the Microbus Massacre Like in Mejicanos, the Bloodiest Attack by the Gangs of El Salvador in Which 17 Passengers Burned to Death]. BBC Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "La Masacre de Mejicanos que Sacudió al País Hace 10 Años" [The Mejicanos Massacre that Shook the Country 10 Years Ago]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

[EF-1] Baires Quezada, Rodrigo (21 June 2010). "PNC Detiene a Ocho Pandilleros por Masacre de la Ruta 47" [PNC Detains Eight Gang Members for the Route 47 Massacre]. El Faro (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2024.

[BBC-2] González Díaz, Marcos (20 June 2020). "Cómo fue la Masacre del Microbús en Mejicanos, el Ataque Más Sangriento de las Maras de El Salvador en el que 17 Pasajeros Murieron Carbonizados" [What Was the Microbus Massacre Like in Mejicanos, the Bloodiest Attack by the Gangs of El Salvador in Which 17 Passengers Burned to Death]. BBC Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2024.

[EM-3] "La Masacre de Mejicanos que Sacudió al País Hace 10 Años" [The Mejicanos Massacre that Shook the Country 10 Years Ago]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

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