List of assassinations
Updated: 5/20/2026, 7:11:44 PM Wikipedia source
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 for political or ideological reasons.
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· Americas › Antigua and Barbuda
7 December 1710
7 December 1710
Date
7 December 1710
Victim(s)
Daniel Parke, British governor of the Leeward Islands
Assassin(s)
Several members of a mob.
Notes
An angry mob captured Parke in his house, beat him severely, and dragged him out to die of his wounds. 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."
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 7 December 1710 | 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. 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." |
· Americas › Argentina
1835
1835
Date
1835
Victim(s)
Facundo Quiroga, Governor of La Rioja Province
Assassin(s)
José Vicente Reynafé, Reynafé brothers, Capt. Santos Pérez
Notes
While returning to Buenos Aires, armed men ambushed his carriage; Quiroga was shot in his left eye when he left the carriage to negotiate.
1838
1838
Date
1838
Victim(s)
Alejandro Heredia, Governor of Tucumán Province
Assassin(s)
Gabino Robles, Vicente Neirot, Lucio Casas, Gregorio Uriarte,
Notes
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
1841
1841
Date
1841
Victim(s)
José Cubas, Governor of Catamarca Province
Assassin(s)
Mariano Maza
1841
1841
Date
1841
Victim(s)
Marco Avellaneda, Governor of Tucumán Province
Assassin(s)
Mariano Maza
1861
1861
Date
1861
Victim(s)
Antonino Aberastain, Governor of San Juan Province
1863
1863
Date
1863
Victim(s)
Chacho Peñaloza, La Rioja Province insurrectionist
Assassin(s)
Col. Pablo Irrazábal
1870
1870
Date
1870
Victim(s)
Justo José de Urquiza, former president of Argentina and Governor of Entre Ríos Province
1889
1889
Date
1889
Victim(s)
Ricardo López Jordán, soldier, politician, and former governor of Entre Ríos Province
1908
1908
Date
1908
Victim(s)
Mariano Santillán, Jr., National Deputy for Santiago del Estero Province
1909
1909
Date
1909
Victim(s)
Ramón Falcón, chief of the National Police
Assassin(s)
Simón Radowitzky
Notes
Assassinated by anarchists as a retaliation for his brutal repression of workers.
1921
1921
Date
1921
Victim(s)
Amable Jones, Governor of San Juan Province
1929
1929
Date
1929
Victim(s)
Carlos Washington Lencinas, former Governor of Mendoza Province
1935
1935
Date
1935
Victim(s)
Enzo Bordabehere, National Senator for Santa Fe Province
Assassin(s)
Ramón Valdez Cora
Notes
Killed during a session of the Argentine Senate.
1969
1969
Date
1969
Victim(s)
Augusto Vandor, Metalworkers Union (UOM) Secretary General
Notes
Killed in commando attack by the Ejército Nacional Revolucionario (National Revolutionary Army), a far-left Peronist splinter group.
1970
1970
Date
1970
Victim(s)
Pedro Aramburu, former de facto president of Argentina
Notes
See Assassination of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
1970
1970
Date
1970
Victim(s)
José Alonso, CGT Secretary General
Assassin(s)
Montoneros
1972
1972
Date
1972
Victim(s)
Oberdan Sallustro, Director of FIAT Argentina
Assassin(s)
ERP
1973
1973
Date
1973
Victim(s)
José Ignacio Rucci, CGT Secretary General
Assassin(s)
Montoneros
1973
1973
Date
1973
Victim(s)
Juan Manuel Irrazábal, Governor of Misiones Province
Assassin(s)
Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
Notes
Killed with Vice-Governor César Ayrault by bomb placed in Beechcraft Queen Air plane.
1974
1974
Date
1974
Victim(s)
Arturo Mor Roig, former Interior Minister
Assassin(s)
Montoneros
1974
1974
Date
1974
Victim(s)
Carlos Mugica, Catholic Third World priest
Assassin(s)
Rodolfo Almirón (Argentine Anticommunist Alliance)
1974
1974
Date
1974
Victim(s)
Rodolfo Ortega Peña, National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province
Assassin(s)
Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
1974
1974
Date
1974
Victim(s)
Atilio López, former Vice-Governor of Córdoba Province
Assassin(s)
Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
1974
1974
Date
1974
Victim(s)
Silvio Frondizi, University of Buenos Aires law professor
Assassin(s)
Argentine Anticommunist Alliance
1974
1974
Date
1974
Victim(s)
Carlos Prats, exiled Chilean general, former Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army
Assassin(s)
Michael Townley
Notes
Killed by the secret service of the Pinochet dictatorship
1975
1975
Date
1975
Victim(s)
Hipólito Acuña, National Deputy for Santa Fe Province
Assassin(s)
Montoneros
1975
1975
Date
1975
Victim(s)
John Egan, U . Honorary Consul in Córdoba
Assassin(s)
Montoneros
1975
1975
Date
1975
Victim(s)
Rubén Cartier, Mayor of La Plata
Assassin(s)
CNU, a right-wing student group liked to the Triple A
1975
1975
Date
1975
Victim(s)
Ramón Rojas, National Deputy for San Juan Province
Assassin(s)
Fernando Otero
Notes
Killed at the behest of Vineyard Workers' Federation (FOEVA) leader Delfor Ocampo.
1975
1975
Date
1975
Victim(s)
Alberto Manuel Campos, Mayor of General San Martín Partido, Buenos Aires Province
Assassin(s)
Montoneros
1976
1976
Date
1976
Victim(s)
Miguel Ragone, former governor of Salta Province
Assassin(s)
Army Gen. Luciano Menéndez
Notes
Abducted and killed by right-wing task force made of up of Army and provincial police officers led by Menéndez.
1976
1976
Date
1976
Victim(s)
Zelmar Michelini, exiled Uruguayan senator, founder of the Broad Front
Notes
Killed after the 1976 Argentine coup as part of Operation Condor involving the collaboration between military dictatorships in the Southern Cone.
1976
1976
Date
1976
Victim(s)
Juan José Torres, exiled former military President of Bolivia
Notes
Killed as part of Operation Condor
1976
1976
Date
1976
Victim(s)
Enrique Angelelli, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja
Assassin(s)
Luis Estrella
Notes
Beaten to death after Angelelli's car was run off the road on orders from III Army Corps Chief Luciano Menéndez.
1977
1977
Date
1977
Victim(s)
Juan Carlos Casariego de Bel, Chief Foreign Investments Adviser at Economy Ministry
Assassin(s)
Army Capt. Héctor Vérgez
Notes
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.
1978
1978
Date
1978
Victim(s)
Miguel Tobías Padilla, Undersecretary for Coordination at Economy Ministry
Assassin(s)
Montoneros
1985
1985
Date
1985
Victim(s)
Osvaldo Sivak, banker
Assassin(s)
José Benigno Lorea, police officer
Notes
Killed following ransom kidnapping by the Aníbal Gordon gang led by former Argentine Anticommunist Alliance operatives.
1997
1997
Date
1997
Victim(s)
José Luis Cabezas, photojournalist for leading Argentine news weekly Noticias.
Assassin(s)
"Los Horneros" gang, led by Buenos Aires Provincial Police Inspector Gustavo Prellezo
Notes
Killed on orders from businessman Alfredo Yabrán.
2019
2019
Date
2019
Victim(s)
Héctor Enrique Olivares, National Deputy for La Rioja Province
Assassin(s)
Juan Jesús Fernández and Juan José Navarro Cádiz
Notes
Killed in attack directed at Olivares' aide, Miguel Yadón (dead on arrival), by businessman Rafael Cano Carmona.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 1835 | 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. |
| 1838 | 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 |
| 1841 | José Cubas, Governor of Catamarca Province | Mariano Maza | |
| 1841 | Marco Avellaneda, Governor of Tucumán Province | Mariano Maza | |
| 1861 | Antonino Aberastain, Governor of San Juan Province | ||
| 1863 | Chacho Peñaloza, La Rioja Province insurrectionist | Col. Pablo Irrazábal | |
| 1870 | Justo José de Urquiza, former president of Argentina and Governor of Entre Ríos Province | ||
| 1889 | Ricardo López Jordán, soldier, politician, and former governor of Entre Ríos Province | ||
| 1908 | Mariano Santillán, Jr., National Deputy for Santiago del Estero Province | ||
| 1909 | Ramón Falcón, chief of the National Police | Simón Radowitzky | Assassinated by anarchists as a retaliation for his brutal repression of workers. |
| 1921 | Amable Jones, Governor of San Juan Province | ||
| 1929 | Carlos Washington Lencinas, former Governor of Mendoza Province | ||
| 1935 | Enzo Bordabehere, National Senator for Santa Fe Province | Ramón Valdez Cora | Killed during a session of the Argentine Senate. |
| 1969 | Augusto Vandor, Metalworkers Union (UOM) Secretary General | Killed in commando attack by the Ejército Nacional Revolucionario (National Revolutionary Army), a far-left Peronist splinter group. | |
| 1970 | Pedro Aramburu, former de facto president of Argentina | See Assassination of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu | |
| 1970 | José Alonso, CGT Secretary General | Montoneros | |
| 1972 | Oberdan Sallustro, Director of FIAT Argentina | ERP | |
| 1973 | José Ignacio Rucci, CGT Secretary General | Montoneros | |
| 1973 | Juan Manuel Irrazábal, Governor of Misiones Province | Argentine Anticommunist Alliance | Killed with Vice-Governor César Ayrault by bomb placed in Beechcraft Queen Air plane. |
| 1974 | Arturo Mor Roig, former Interior Minister | Montoneros | |
| 1974 | Carlos Mugica, Catholic Third World priest | Rodolfo Almirón (Argentine Anticommunist Alliance) | |
| 1974 | Rodolfo Ortega Peña, National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province | Argentine Anticommunist Alliance | |
| 1974 | Atilio López, former Vice-Governor of Córdoba Province | Argentine Anticommunist Alliance | |
| 1974 | Silvio Frondizi, University of Buenos Aires law professor | Argentine Anticommunist Alliance | |
| 1974 | Carlos Prats, exiled Chilean general, former Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army | Michael Townley | Killed by the secret service of the Pinochet dictatorship |
| 1975 | Hipólito Acuña, National Deputy for Santa Fe Province | Montoneros | |
| 1975 | John Egan, U . Honorary Consul in Córdoba | Montoneros | |
| 1975 | Rubén Cartier, Mayor of La Plata | CNU, a right-wing student group liked to the Triple A | |
| 1975 | Ramón Rojas, National Deputy for San Juan Province | Fernando Otero | Killed at the behest of Vineyard Workers' Federation (FOEVA) leader Delfor Ocampo. |
| 1975 | Alberto Manuel Campos, Mayor of General San Martín Partido, Buenos Aires Province | Montoneros | |
| 1976 | 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. |
| 1976 | 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. | |
| 1976 | Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, exiled former speaker of the Uruguayan House of Representatives | Killed alongside Zelmar Michelini | |
| 1976 | Juan José Torres, exiled former military President of Bolivia | Killed as part of Operation Condor | |
| 1976 | 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. |
| 1977 | 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. |
| 1978 | Miguel Tobías Padilla, Undersecretary for Coordination at Economy Ministry | Montoneros | |
| 1985 | Osvaldo Sivak, banker | José Benigno Lorea, police officer | Killed following ransom kidnapping by the Aníbal Gordon gang led by former Argentine Anticommunist Alliance operatives. |
| 1997 | 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. |
| 2019 | 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 (dead on arrival), by businessman Rafael Cano Carmona. |
· Americas › Bermuda
1973
1973
Date
1973
Victim(s)
Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda
Assassin(s)
Erskine "Buck" Burrows and Larry Tacklyn
Notes
Shot outside Bermuda's Government House. Sharples's aide-de-camp Captain Hugh Sayers was also killed.
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 1973 | 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. |
· Americas › Bolivia
1 January 1829
1 January 1829
Date
1 January 1829
Victim(s)
Pedro Blanco Soto, President of Bolivia
Notes
Killed after being overthrown and taken prisoner.
11 June 1849
11 June 1849
Date
11 June 1849
Victim(s)
Eusebio Guilarte, former acting president of Bolivia
23 October 1861
23 October 1861
Date
23 October 1861
Victim(s)
Jorge Córdova, former president of Bolivia
23 March 1865
23 March 1865
Date
23 March 1865
Victim(s)
Manuel Isidoro Belzu, former president of Bolivia
27 November 1872
27 November 1872
Date
27 November 1872
Victim(s)
Agustín Morales, President of Bolivia
Assassin(s)
Federico Lafaye
27 February 1894
27 February 1894
Date
27 February 1894
Victim(s)
Hilarión Daza, former president of Bolivia
Notes
Assassinated after returning from exile.
17 June 1917
17 June 1917
Date
17 June 1917
Victim(s)
José Manuel Pando, former president of Bolivia
21 July 1946
21 July 1946
Date
21 July 1946
Victim(s)
Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia
Notes
Killed by mob.
9 August 1967
9 August 1967
Date
9 August 1967
Victim(s)
Che Guevara, revolutionary
Assassin(s)
Captured and executed by Bolivian Special Forces
12 May 1973
12 May 1973
Date
12 May 1973
Victim(s)
Monika Ertl, communist militant and guerilla fighter
Notes
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.
24 May 1989
24 May 1989
Date
24 May 1989
Victim(s)
Elders Jeffrey Brent Ball and Todd Ray Wilson, LDS Missionaries
Assassin(s)
Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation
25 August 2016
25 August 2016
Date
25 August 2016
Victim(s)
Rodolfo Illanes, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Bolivia
Assassin(s)
Protesting miners
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | Notes |
| 1 January 1829 | Pedro Blanco Soto, President of Bolivia | Killed after being overthrown and taken prisoner. | |
| 11 June 1849 | Eusebio Guilarte, former acting president of Bolivia | ||
| 23 October 1861 | Jorge Córdova, former president of Bolivia | ||
| 23 March 1865 | Manuel Isidoro Belzu, former president of Bolivia | ||
| 27 November 1872 | Agustín Morales, President of Bolivia | Federico Lafaye | |
| 27 February 1894 | Hilarión Daza, former president of Bolivia | Assassinated after returning from exile. | |
| 17 June 1917 | José Manuel Pando, former president of Bolivia | ||
| 21 July 1946 | Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia | Killed by mob. | |
| 9 August 1967 | Che Guevara, revolutionary | Captured and executed by Bolivian Special Forces | |
| 12 May 1973 | 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. | |
| 24 May 1989 | Elders Jeffrey Brent Ball and Todd Ray Wilson, LDS Missionaries | Zarate Willka Armed Forces of Liberation | |
| 25 August 2016 | Rodolfo Illanes, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Bolivia | Protesting miners |
· Americas › Brazil
1678
1678
Date
1678
Victim(s)
Ganga Zumba, leader of Quilombo dos Palmares
1695
1695
Date
1695
Victim(s)
Zumbi, leader of Quilombo dos Palmares
Assassin(s)
Portuguese colonial authorities
1830
1830
Date
1830
Victim(s)
Líbero Badaró, journalist
Notes
The assassination unleashed a wave of protests against the government of Pedro I of Brazil
1897
1897
Date
1897
Victim(s)
Carlos Machado de Bitterncourt, Minister of War
Assassin(s)
Marcelino Bispo de Melo
Notes
See Attempted assassination of Prudente de Morais
1908
1908
Date
1908
Victim(s)
José Plácido de Castro, former president of the Republic of Acre
1915
1915
Date
1915
Victim(s)
Pinheiro Machado, Senator for Rio Grande do Sul
1929
1929
Date
1929
Victim(s)
José Gomes Duarte, Mayor of Bauru, São Paulo
Assassin(s)
Moacir de Almeida
1929
1929
Date
1929
Victim(s)
Manuel Francisco de Sousa Filho, Federal Deputy for Pernambuco
Assassin(s)
Ildefonso Simões Lopes
1930
1930
Date
1930
Victim(s)
João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque, Governor of Paraíba
Assassin(s)
João Duarte Dantas
1938
1938
Date
1938
Victim(s)
Virgulino Ferreira da Silva "Lampião", leader bandit of Cangaço
Notes
Killed during the Massacre of Angico, led by João Bezerra da Silva
1938
1938
Date
1938
Victim(s)
Maria Gomes de Oliveira "Maria Bonita", bandit of Cangaço
Assassin(s)
José Panta de Godoy
Notes
Killed during the Massacre of Angico, led by João Bezerra da Silva
1964
1964
Date
1964
Victim(s)
Adib Shishakli, exiled Syrian military dictator
Assassin(s)
Nawaf Ghazaleh
1971
1971
Date
1971
Victim(s)
Rubens Paiva, former Federal Deputy for São Paulo and critic of the Military dictatorship in Brazil
1973
1973
Date
1973
Victim(s)
Maurício Grabois, leader of the Communist Party of Brazil
1975
1975
Date
1975
Victim(s)
Vladimir Herzog, journalist
1976
1976
Date
1976
Victim(s)
Zuzu Angel, fashion designer and critic of the Military dictatorship in Brazil
1986
1986
Date
1986
Victim(s)
Josimo Morais Tavares, Catholic priest and coordinator of the Comissão Pastoral da Terra
Assassin(s)
Ranchers
Notes
Killed by ranchers for his support of rural workers.
1988
1988
Date
1988
Victim(s)
Francisco "Chico" Alves Mendes Filho, environmental activist
Assassin(s)
Darci Alves Pereira
Notes
Shot on the orders of the assassin's father, rancher Darly Alves da Silva
1992
1992
Date
1992
Victim(s)
Edmundo Pinto, Governor of Acre
1996
1996
Date
1996
Victim(s)
Paulo César Farias, President Fernando Collor de Mello's campaign treasurer
2001
2001
Date
2001
Victim(s)
Antonio da Costa Santos, Mayor of Campinas, São Paulo
2001
2001
Date
2001
Victim(s)
Aguinaldo Pereira da Silva, Mayor of Caraúbas, Rio Grande do Norte
2002
2002
Date
2002
Victim(s)
Celso Daniel, Mayor of Santo André, São Paulo
2002
2002
Date
2002
Victim(s)
Tim Lopes, journalist
Assassin(s)
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
Notes
Murdered by drug traffickers connected to Comando Vermelho and Amigos dos Amigos
2002
2002
Date
2002
Victim(s)
Lídia Menezes, Vice Mayor of Magé, Rio de Janeiro
2005
2005
Date
2005
Victim(s)
Dorothy Stang, American nun
Assassin(s)
Raifran das Neves Sales
Notes
Killed by business interests
2010
2010
Date
2010
Victim(s)
Walderi Braz Paschoalin, Mayor of Jandira, São Paulo
2016
2016
Date
2016
Victim(s)
José Gomes da Rocha, former mayor of Itumbiara, São Paulo, and mayoral candidate
Assassin(s)
Gilberto Ferreira do Amaral
2016
2016
Date
2016
Victim(s)
Kyriakos Amiridis, Greek ambassador to Brazil
Assassin(s)
Françoise de Sousa Oliveira and Sergio Gomes
Notes
Murdered by Gomes on the orders of Oliveira, and corpse burnt in an arson attack on a rental car.
2018
2018
Date
2018
Victim(s)
Marielle Franco, human rights activist and City Councillor of Rio de Janeiro
Assassin(s)
Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Vieira de Queiroz
Notes
Convicted assassins reportedly hired by local militias
2018
2018
Date
2018
Victim(s)
Gerson Camata, former Governor of Espírito Santo
Assassin(s)
Marcos Vinícius Moreira Andrade
2019
2019
Date
2019
Victim(s)
Paulo Paulino Guajajara, Indigenous environmental activist
Notes
Murdered by illegal loggers.
2023
2023
Date
2023
Victim(s)
Mãe Bernadete, community activist
| Date | Victim(s) | Assassin(s) | 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 | ||
| 1915 | Pinheiro Machado, Senator for Rio Grande do Sul | ||
| 1929 | José Gomes Duarte, Mayor of Bauru, São Paulo | Moacir de Almeida | |
| 1929 | Manuel Francisco de Sousa Filho, Federal Deputy for Pernambuco | Ildefonso Simões Lopes | |
| 1930 | 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 |
| 1964 | 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 | ||
| 1975 | Vladimir Herzog, journalist | ||
| 1976 | 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. |
| 1988 | 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 | ||
| 1996 | Paulo César Farias, President Fernando Collor de Mello's campaign treasurer | ||
| 2001 | Antonio da Costa Santos, Mayor of Campinas, São Paulo | ||
| 2001 | Aguinaldo Pereira da Silva, Mayor of Caraúbas, Rio Grande do Norte | ||
| 2002 | Celso Daniel, Mayor of Santo André, São Paulo | ||
| 2002 | 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 | ||
| 2005 | Dorothy Stang, American nun | Raifran das Neves Sales | Killed by business interests |
| 2010 | Walderi Braz Paschoalin, Mayor of Jandira, São Paulo | ||
| 2016 | José Gomes da Rocha, former mayor of Itumbiara, São Paulo, and mayoral candidate | Gilberto Ferreira do Amaral | |
| 2016 | 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. |
| 2018 | 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 |
| 2018 | 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 |
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