List of assassinations
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location.
For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure for political or ideological reasons.
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Americas
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Argentina
| Date | Victim | Assassin | Notes |
| Facundo Quiroga, Governor of La Rioja Province | José Vicente Reynafé, Reynafé brothers, Capt. Santos Pérez | While returning to Buenos Aires, armed men ambushed his carriage; Quiroga was shot in his left eye when he left the carriage to negotiate. | |
| Alejandro Heredia, Governor of Tucumán Province | Gabino Robles, Vicente Neirot, Lucio Casas, Gregorio Uriarte, | Heredia was shot in the head when he and his son were ambushed by an armed party. The perpetrators left Heredia and his son. The body was discovered 2 days later | |
| José Cubas, Governor of Catamarca Province | Mariano Maza | ||
| Marco Avellaneda, Governor of Tucumán Province | Mariano Maza | ||
| Antonino Aberastain, Governor of San Juan Province | |||
| Chacho Peñaloza, La Rioja Province insurrectionist | Col. Pablo Irrazábal | ||
| Justo José de Urquiza, former president of Argentina and Governor of Entre Ríos Province | |||
| Ricardo López Jordán, soldier, politician, and former governor of Entre Ríos Province | |||
| Mariano Santillán, Jr., National Deputy for Santiago del Estero Province | |||
| Ramón Falcón, chief of the National Police | Simón Radowitzky | Assassinated by anarchists as a retaliation for his brutal repression of workers. | |
| Amable Jones, Governor of San Juan Province | |||
| Carlos Washington Lencinas, former Governor of Mendoza Province | |||
| Enzo Bordabehere, National Senator for Santa Fe Province | Ramón Valdez Cora | Killed during a session of the Argentine Senate. | |
| Augusto Vandor, Metalworkers Union Secretary General | Killed in commando attack by the Ejército Nacional Revolucionario, a far-left Peronist splinter group. | ||
| Pedro Aramburu, former de facto president of Argentina | Executed by the Peronist guerrilla Montoneros in revenge for the abduction of Evita's body and for the execution of those implicated in a 1956 failed uprising, during Aramburu's dictatorship. | ||
| José Alonso, CGT Secretary General | Montoneros | ||
| Oberdan Sallustro, Director of FIAT Argentina | ERP | ||
| José Ignacio Rucci, CGT Secretary General | Montoneros | ||
| Juan Manuel Irrazábal, Governor of Misiones Province | Argentine Anticommunist Alliance | Killed with Vice-Governor César Ayrault by bomb placed in Beechcraft Queen Air plane. | |
| Arturo Mor Roig, former Interior Minister | Montoneros | ||
| Carlos Mugica, Catholic Third World priest | Rodolfo Almirón | ||
| Rodolfo Ortega Peña, National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province | Argentine Anticommunist Alliance | ||
| Atilio López, former Vice-Governor of Córdoba Province | Argentine Anticommunist Alliance | ||
| Silvio Frondizi, University of Buenos Aires law professor | Argentine Anticommunist Alliance | ||
| Carlos Prats, exiled Chilean general, former Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army | Michael Townley | Killed by the secret service of the Pinochet dictatorship | |
| Hipólito Acuña, National Deputy for Santa Fe Province | Montoneros | ||
| John Egan, U.S. Honorary Consul in Córdoba | Montoneros | ||
| Rubén Cartier, Mayor of La Plata | CNU, a right-wing student group liked to the Triple A | ||
| Ramón Rojas, National Deputy for San Juan Province | Fernando Otero | Killed at the behest of Vineyard Workers' Federation leader Delfor Ocampo. | |
| Alberto Manuel Campos, Mayor of General San Martín Partido, Buenos Aires Province | Montoneros | ||
| Miguel Ragone, former governor of Salta Province | Army Gen. Luciano Menéndez | Abducted and killed by right-wing task force made of up of Army and provincial police officers led by Menéndez. | |
| Zelmar Michelini, exiled Uruguayan senator, founder of the Broad Front | Killed after the 1976 Argentine coup as part of Operation Condor involving the collaboration between military dictatorships in the Southern Cone. | ||
| Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, exiled former speaker of the Uruguayan House of Representatives | Killed alongside Zelmar Michelini | ||
| Juan José Torres, exiled former military President of Bolivia | Killed as part of Operation Condor | ||
| Enrique Angelelli, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja | Luis Estrella | Beaten to death after Angelelli's car was run off the road on orders from III Army Corps Chief Luciano Menéndez. | |
| Juan Carlos Casariego de Bel, Chief Foreign Investments Adviser at Economy Ministry | Army Capt. Héctor Vérgez | Casariego had objected to a 400 million payout for the nationalization of the bankrupt CIADE electric company - one of whose top shareholders was the Economy Minister, José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz. | |
| Miguel Tobías Padilla, Undersecretary for Coordination at Economy Ministry | Montoneros | ||
| Osvaldo Sivak, banker | José Benigno Lorea, police officer | Killed following ransom kidnapping by the Aníbal Gordon gang led by former Argentine Anticommunist Alliance operatives. | |
| José Luis Cabezas, photojournalist for leading Argentine news weekly Noticias. | "Los Horneros" gang, led by Buenos Aires Provincial Police Inspector Gustavo Prellezo | Killed on orders from businessman Alfredo Yabrán. | |
| Héctor Enrique Olivares, National Deputy for La Rioja Province | Juan Jesús Fernández and Juan José Navarro Cádiz | Killed in attack directed at Olivares' aide, Miguel Yadón, by businessman Rafael Cano Carmona. |
Bermuda
Bolivia
| Date | Victim | Assassin | Notes |
| Pedro Blanco Soto, President of Bolivia | Killed after being overthrown and taken prisoner. | ||
| Eusebio Guilarte, former acting president of Bolivia | |||
| Jorge Córdova, former president of Bolivia | |||
| Manuel Isidoro Belzu, former president of Bolivia | |||
| Agustín Morales, President of Bolivia | Federico Lafaye | ||
| Hilarión Daza, former president of Bolivia | Assassinated after returning from exile. | ||
| José Manuel Pando, former president of Bolivia | |||
| Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia | Killed by mob. | ||
| Che Guevara, revolutionary | Captured and executed by Bolivian Special Forces | ||
| Monika Ertl, communist militant and guerilla fighter | Ambushed along with a fellow guerilla by Bolivian security forces in present-day El Alto in retaliation for the assassination of former head of intelligence in the ministry of internal affairs Roberto Quintanilla. | ||
| Elders Jeffrey Brent Ball and Todd Ray Wilson, LDS Missionaries | Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation | ||
| Rodolfo Illanes, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Bolivia | Protesting miners |
Brazil
| Date | Victim | Assassin | Notes |
| 1678 | Ganga Zumba, leader of Quilombo dos Palmares | ||
| 1695 | Zumbi, leader of Quilombo dos Palmares | Portuguese colonial authorities | |
| 1830 | Líbero Badaró, journalist | The assassination unleashed a wave of protests against the government of Pedro I of Brazil | |
| 1897 | Carlos Machado de Bitterncourt, Minister of War | Marcelino Bispo de Melo | See Attempted assassination of Prudente de Morais |
| 1908 | José Plácido de Castro, former president of the Republic of Acre | ||
| Pinheiro Machado, Senator for Rio Grande do Sul | |||
| 1929 | José Gomes Duarte, Mayor of Bauru, São Paulo | Moacir de Almeida | |
| 1929 | , Federal Deputy for Pernambuco | ||
| João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque, Governor of Paraíba | João Duarte Dantas | ||
| 1938 | Virgulino Ferreira da Silva "Lampião", leader bandit of Cangaço | Killed during the Massacre of Angico, led by João Bezerra da Silva | |
| 1938 | Maria Gomes de Oliveira "Maria Bonita", bandit of Cangaço | José Panta de Godoy | Killed during the Massacre of Angico, led by João Bezerra da Silva |
| Adib Shishakli, exiled Syrian military dictator | Nawaf Ghazaleh | ||
| 1971 | Rubens Paiva, former Federal Deputy for São Paulo and critic of the Military dictatorship in Brazil | ||
| 1973 | Maurício Grabois, leader of the Communist Party of Brazil | ||
| Vladimir Herzog, journalist | |||
| Zuzu Angel, fashion designer and critic of the Military dictatorship in Brazil | |||
| 1986 | Josimo Morais Tavares, Catholic priest and coordinator of the Comissão Pastoral da Terra | Ranchers | Killed by ranchers for his support of rural workers. |
| Francisco "Chico" Alves Mendes Filho, environmental activist | Darci Alves Pereira | Shot on the orders of the assassin's father, rancher Darly Alves da Silva | |
| 1992 | Edmundo Pinto, Governor of Acre | ||
| Paulo César Farias, President Fernando Collor de Mello's campaign treasurer | |||
| Antonio da Costa Santos, Mayor of Campinas, São Paulo | |||
| 2001 | Aguinaldo Pereira da Silva, Mayor of Caraúbas, Rio Grande do Norte | ||
| Celso Daniel, Mayor of Santo André, São Paulo | |||
| Tim Lopes, journalist | Elias "Maluco" Pereira da Silva André "Capeta" da Cruz Barbosa Cláudio "Ratinho" Orlando do Nascimento Maurício "Boizinho" de Lima Matias Claudino "Xuxa" dos Santos Coelho Elizeu "Zeu" Felício de Souza Ângelo "Primo" da Silva Reinaldo "Cadê" Amaral de Jesus Fernando "Frei" Sátyro da Silva | Murdered by drug traffickers connected to Comando Vermelho and Amigos dos Amigos | |
| 2002 | Lídia Menezes, Vice Mayor of Magé, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Dorothy Stang, American nun | Raifran das Neves Sales | Killed by business interests | |
| 2010 | , Mayor of Jandira, São Paulo | ||
| José Gomes da Rocha, former mayor of Itumbiara, São Paulo, and mayoral candidate | Gilberto Ferreira do Amaral | ||
| Kyriakos Amiridis, Greek ambassador to Brazil | Françoise de Sousa Oliveira and Sergio Gomes | Murdered by Gomes on the orders of Oliveira, and corpse burnt in an arson attack on a rental car. | |
| Marielle Franco, human rights activist and City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro | Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Vieira de Queiroz | Convicted assassins reportedly hired by local militias | |
| Gerson Camata, former Governor of Espírito Santo | Marcos Vinícius Moreira Andrade | ||
| 2019 | Paulo Paulino Guajajara, Indigenous environmental activist | Murdered by illegal loggers. | |
| 2023 | Mãe Bernadete, community activist |