Killing of 15 Santa Barbara community members by the Armed Forces
Armed Forces assassinate 15 Santa Barbara community members
Members of the Armed Forces murdered 15 members of the Santa Bárbara peasant community. This case was later judged by the Military Justice, which applied criteria that minimized the responsibility of the perpetrators, arguing that they acted in a state of war psychosis and in compliance with their mission to combat subversion, qualifying the facts as abuse of authority instead of homicide.