Cantaura massacre

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| date = {{start date|1982|10|04}}

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| location = Cantaura, Venezuela

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| target = Frente Américo Silva

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| participants = Air Force of Venezuela

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| reported deaths = 23

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The Cantaura massacre was an incident on 4 October 1982 in which a guerrillas' camp near Cantaura in Venezuela's state of Anzoátegui was destroyed, and 23 of the 41 guerrilla fighters of the Frente Américo Silva killed.{{in lang|es}} PROVEA, 1 October 2010, [http://www.derechos.org.ve/2010/10/01/provea-rechaza-aval-a-la-impunidad-en-el-caso-masacre-de-cantaura-y-exige-voluntad-politica-para-sancionar-a-sus-responsables/ Provea rechaza aval a la impunidad en el caso Masacre de Cantaura y exige voluntad política para sancionar a sus responsables] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120802161651/http://www.derechos.org.ve/2010/10/01/provea-rechaza-aval-a-la-impunidad-en-el-caso-masacre-de-cantaura-y-exige-voluntad-politica-para-sancionar-a-sus-responsables/ |date=2012-08-02 }}