The Curuguaty massacre occurred on 15th June, 2012, when around 300 riot police moved in to evict dozens of peasant farmers after a court had accepted Campos Morombí claims of trespassing. A court in Paraguay has sentenced 11 campesinos to prison for their role in the ‘Curuguaty Massacre’, in which six policemen and 11 farmers were killed during a land eviction. Political ContextIn the weeks following the Curuguaty massacre, leftist Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo was deposed in a swift impeachment trial that was widely criticised for procedural flaws. Background and ControversiesSince 2004, landless peasant farmers had claimed the territory in Marina Kue was public land marked for agrarian reform. The ruling sparked protests among campesino groups and social organisations who say the trial was unfair and demanded the sentences be annulled.

Source: The Argentina Independent July 12, 2016 19:30 UTC