Eduardo Maza Garmendia

Eduardo Maza Garmendia was a Venezuelan who killed 15 people in San Juan de Manapiare, Venezuela, on September 25, 2009.

Garmendia was the youngest of three children, and was poorly tempered. He worked on a farm in the town for five years, but was fired because he had threatened other workers. Unable to find another job, Garmendia lived with his older sister. During this time he became an alcoholic and cocaine addict, with an obbsession for guns. His sister reportedly feared to kick him out, because he threatened to kill her if she did. Garmendia also devoloped a grudge against Carlos Velasquez, the richest man in the town, saying "how can this man be so rich while i live with my sister without a job?" . He also accused Carlos of trespassing on his property.

On the night of September 25 Garmendia armed himself with an assault rifle that he had bought off the black market, and entered the home of Carlos Velasquez. There he killed Carlos, his wife, his parents, his three brothers, his three sisters, his sister-in-law, and four friends that had been staying for the night. He afterwards covered the bodies with sheets, except for Carlos, whose body he tried to stuff into a toilet. Discarding the rifle he returned to the house of his sister, where he continued to live as if nothing had happened. The bodies were discovered on September 27, by suspicious neighbors. When Garmendia's sister returned home from work shortly after the discovery, she found Garmendia laying on the couch, dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Next to the body was a note confessing to the crime.