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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Hatnote". This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location. For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.

For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.

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Africa

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Americas

Antigua and Barbuda

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Daniel Parke, British governor of the Leeward Islands Several members of a mob. An angry mob captured Parke in his house, beat him severely, and dragged him out to die of his wounds.[1] His last words to his tormentors, as he lay dying, were reported as: "Gentlemen, you have no sense of honor left, pray have some of humanity."[2]

Argentina

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Bermuda

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda Erskine "Buck" Burrows and Larry Tacklyn Shot outside Bermuda's Government House. Sharples's aide-de-camp Captain Hugh Sayers was also killed.

Bolivia

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Brazil

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Canada

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Chile

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Colombia

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Costa Rica

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
23 August 1938 Ricardo Moreno Cañas, doctor and politician, and surgeon Carlos Echandi Beltrán Cortés Killed as revenge for a failed surgery the two doctors had operated on Cortes. Moreno was shot to death inside his home, while Echandi was shot to death outside his door. Cortes also killed Canadian Arthur Maynard that same day.[18][19]

Cuba

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
8 May Template:Dts Antonio Guiteras, Revolutionary Socialist leader

Curaçao

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Helmin Wiels, leader of the Sovereign People party. Elvis Kuwas

Dominican Republic

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Ecuador

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El Salvador

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Grenada

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada Killed along with seven other politicians and businessmen in a coup that led to the United States invasion of Grenada a few days later
Template:Dts Jacqueline Creft, Minister of Education and Women's Affairs and domestic partner of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop Killed along with Bishop and six other politicians and businessmen in a coup that led to the United States invasion of Grenada a few days later

Guatemala

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Guyana

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Leo Ryan, Member of the US House of Representatives Members of the Peoples Temple in Jonestown Shot to death in Guyana while investigating human rights violations by members of the Peoples Temple.
Template:Dts Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and political figure
Template:Dts Satyadeow Sawh, Agriculture Minister Murdered along with his brother, sister and a security guard, by masked gunmen dressed in military fatigues

Haiti

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Honduras

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts José Santos Guardiola, President of Honduras
Template:Dts Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, former President of El Salvador
Template:Dts Mario Fernando Hernández, deputy speaker of the National Congress for the Liberal Party
Template:Dts Berta Cáceres, environmental and indigenous rights activist David Castillo, former military intelligence officer
Template:Dts Francisco Gaitán, Mayor of Cantarranas Wilfredo Velásquez

Jamaica

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Carlton Barrett, musician, drummer, and member of The Wailers Shot by a gunman outside his home in Kingston. Barrett's widow, Albertine Barrett, was subsequently jailed in 1991, after being convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. Sentenced with her were taxi driver Glenroy Carter, her reputed lover, and Junior "Bang" Neil, a mason, who the prosecution alleged was responsible for the actual shooting.
Template:Dts Peter Tosh, musician, songwriter, and member of The Wailers Armed gunmen led by Dennis "Leppo" Lobban Shot twice in the head after being held hostage and tortured for hours during an armed robbery attempt at his home in Kingston. Killed alongside herbalist Wilton "Doc" Brown and disc jockey Jeff 'Free I' Dixon. Several others in the house were wounded, including Tosh's common law wife Andrea Marlene Brown, Free I's wife Yvonne ("Joy"), Tosh's drummer Carlton "Santa" Davis, and musician Michael Robinson.
Template:Dts Junior Braithwaite, musician, singer, and member of The Wailers Shot and killed along with fellow musician Lawrence Scott in Kingston

Mexico

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Nicaragua

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan revolutionary National Guard members led by Anastasio Somoza García
Template:Dts Anastasio Somoza García, President of Nicaragua[16] Rigoberto López Pérez
Template:Dts Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, newspaper editor and anti-Somoza opposition leader
Template:Dts Bill Stewart, American journalist with ABC News Taken from the van he was travelling and murdered by National Guard troops along with his interpreter Juan Francisco Espinoza while covering the fall of Managua
Template:Dts Enrique Bermúdez, founder and former commander of the Contras

Panama

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts José Antonio Remón Cantera, President of Panama Killed at racetrack by machine gun[24]
Template:Dts Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera, Maximum Leader of the Revolution and de facto leader of Panama Alleged to be the United States by Manuel Noriega and his attorney Likely killed in an aircraft accident by a radio detonated bomb –– but not confirmed. Much speculation has existed surrounding this incident, and few confirmed sources.
13 September 1985 Hugo Spadafora, guerrilla fighter and political activist Manuel Noriega (suspected)

Paraguay

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Juan Bautista Gill, President of Paraguay Killed in a plot instigated by Juan Silvano GodoiScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
Template:Dts Facundo Machaín, former President of Paraguay Murdered by prison guards on orders from future presidents Cándido Bareiro and Bernardino Caballero, likely in retaliation to publicly defend those at trial who killed President Gill
Template:Dts Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, former president of Paraguay
Template:Dts Anastasio Somoza Debayle, exiled former president of Nicaragua 7 Sandinistas
Template:Dts Luis María Argaña, vice president of Paraguay Ambushed[16]

Peru

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Suriname

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Bram Behr, journalist Victim of the December murders
Template:Dts Eddy Hoost, former Minister of Justice and Police Victim of the December murders
Template:Dts André Kamperveen, athlete and former minister Victim of the December murders
Template:Dts Gerard Leckie, academic Victim of the December murders
Template:Dts Surendre Rambocus, military officer Victim of the December murders

Trinidad and Tobago

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts José de León y Echales, Spanish governor of Trinidad Killed during the Arena Massacre
Template:Dts Leo Des Vignes, MP Killed during the Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt
Template:Dts Selwyn Richardson, former Attorney-General
Template:Dts Dana Seetahal, senator

United States

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Uruguay

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Bernardo P. Berro, former President of Uruguay
Template:Dts Venancio Flores, former president of Uruguay
Template:Dts Juan Idiarte Borda, President of Uruguay Avelino Arredondo Shot by a supporter of José Batlle y Ordóñez
Template:Dts Herberts Cukurs, Latvian aviator and fugitive war criminal Mossad Killed for his role in the Holocaust in Latvia
Template:Dts Dan Mitrione, U.S. Office of Public Safety advisor Tupamaros
Template:Dts Eugenio Berríos, Chilean chemist who worked for the DINA during the Pinochet dictatorship Chilean Government Killed in Uruguay by Chilean secret services for "knowing too much".

Venezuela

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Asia

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Europe

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Oceania

Australia

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New Caledonia

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Jean-Marie Tjibaou, Kanak independence leader Djubelly Wéa

New Zealand

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts James Patrick Ward, barrister Unknown Killed by a parcel bomb. Assailant was never identified.

Samoa

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Luagalau Levaula Kamu, Minister of Public Works Eletise Leafa Vitale, son of the victim's disgraced predecessor Leafa Vitale

Palau

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Haruo Remeliik, President of Palau Unknown

Solomon Islands

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Augustine Geve, Minister for Youth, Women and Sports Ronnie Cawa, Francis Lela, Harold Keke

West Papua

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes
Template:Dts Arnold Ap, songman and ethnomusicologist Shot in back by an Indonesian military unit upon release from prison[53]
Template:Dts Thomas Wainggai, Independence leader Allegedly poisoned by Indonesian intelligence officers in Cipinang prison.[53]
Template:Dts Theys Eluay, West Papuan Independence movement leader Assassinated by Kopassus officers after attending a military dinner in Jayapura[53]
Template:Dts Kelly Kwalik, West Papuan guerrilla leader Assassinated by Detachment 88 officers in Timika[53]
Template:Dts Mako Tabuni, Chairman of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) Assassinated by Detachment 88 officers in Jayapura[54]

See also

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