Forrahue massacre

Killing of 15 Mapuche-Huilliche farmers in Chile by Chilean police in 1912

The Forrahue massacre was the killing of 15 Mapuche-Huilliche farmers in Forrahue, southern Chile by Chilean police in 1912. The massacre occurred as police moved to oust Mapuche-Huilliche farmers form lands claimed by Atanasio Burgos Villalobos. The farmers had previously lost a lawsuit and had armed themselves, according to the police, with sticks, boiling water and a few rifles to attempt to resist eviction. The killings took place on October 21 when police returned after a failed eviction attempt in October 14. Local family history tell that a ruka was burned with people inside, yet this is lacking from the reports of contemporary newspapers. Events became known outside Forrahue when the bodies of the dead arrived in carts to the nearby city of Osorno. News of the event caused outrage as far as in Santiago, the capital of Chile. The National Congress of Chile requested a report on the massacre, which was later written by police officer Julio Farías.

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