Peoples Temple Agricultural Project - Revision history

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	=== Foundation ===		=== Foundation ===
	In the mid-1970s, the Peoples Temple bought and cleared land in the jungle of Guyana. In 1978, in order to avoid negative media coverage, Jones relocated his followers to the settlement.<ref name=":0" />		In the mid-1970s, the Peoples Temple bought and cleared land in the jungle of Guyana. In 1978, in order to avoid negative media coverage, Jones relocated his followers to the settlement. Guyanese Prime Minister [[Forbes Burnham]] met with Jones and supported the project because he believed it would help Guyana develop its sparsely populated southern regions. Jonestown produced cassava and built a sawmill. In 1978, the [[United States Department of State\|U.S. State Department]] increased its aid to Guyana from $500,000 to $31.5 million.<ref name=":0" />

	=== Leo Ryan assassination ===		=== Leo Ryan assassination ===

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	{{Infobox country\|name=Peoples Temple Agricultural Project\|image_flag=Peoples Temple logo.svg\|leader_title1=Leader\|leader_name1=[[Jim Jones]]\|life_span=\|year_end=1978\|flag_width=200\|date_start=1974\|event_end=~~Mass poisoning~~\|date_end=18 November\|population_estimate=1,005\|population_estimate_year=1978}}		{{Infobox country\|name=Peoples Temple Agricultural Project\|image_flag=Peoples Temple logo.svg\|leader_title1=Leader\|leader_name1=[[Jim Jones]]\|life_span=\|year_end=1978\|flag_width=200\|date_start=1974\|event_end=Massacre\|date_end=18 November\|population_estimate=1,005\|population_estimate_year=1978}}

	The '''Peoples Temple Agricultural Project''', commonly known as '''Jonestown''', was a settlement in [[Co-operative Republic of Guyana\|Guyana]] created by the [[United States of America\|USA]]-based Peoples Temple cult.		The '''Peoples Temple Agricultural Project''', commonly known as '''Jonestown''', was a settlement in [[Co-operative Republic of Guyana\|Guyana]] created by the [[United States of America\|USA]]-based [[Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ\|Peoples Temple]] cult.

	== History ==		== History ==

			=== Background ===
			In the 19th century, a preacher named Smith led a group of [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas\|natives]] to northwestern [[British Guiana\|Guyana]], promising them "lands of boundless fertility." He then told them that they had to die in order to be resurrected as [[White people\|whites]].<ref name=":0" />

			Jim Jones initially founded his cult in Indianapolis, [[State of Indiana\|Indiana]] and moved it to Ukiah, [[State of California\|California]], and then San Francisco.<ref name=":0" />

			=== Foundation ===
			In the mid-1970s, the Peoples Temple bought and cleared land in the jungle of Guyana. In 1978, in order to avoid negative media coverage, Jones relocated his followers to the settlement.<ref name=":0" />

	=== Leo Ryan assassination ===		=== Leo Ryan assassination ===
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	=== Investigation ===		=== Investigation ===
	The CIA notified the [[United States Department of Defense\|Defense Department]] of the massacre at 3:29 a.m. on 18 November. Hours later, the Guyanese Defense Forces arrived and sent C-131 planes to Jonestown that could move hundreds of bodies in a short time. However, many bodies were embalmed or left to rot so no autopsies could be conducted. Forensic samples sent by Mootoo to the U.S. embassy in Georgetown disappeared, and identification bracelets were removed from remaining victims. Six leading medical examiners said that U.S. soldiers were incompetent in their handling of the bodies. Three victims were found in 1986 in a storage facility in southern ~~[[State of~~ California~~\|California]]~~.<ref name=":0" />		The CIA notified the [[United States Department of Defense\|Defense Department]] of the massacre at 3:29 a.m. on 18 November. Hours later, the Guyanese Defense Forces arrived and sent C-131 planes to Jonestown that could move hundreds of bodies in a short time. However, many bodies were embalmed or left to rot so no autopsies could be conducted. Forensic samples sent by Mootoo to the U.S. embassy in Georgetown disappeared, and identification bracelets were removed from remaining victims. Six leading medical examiners said that U.S. soldiers were incompetent in their handling of the bodies. Three victims were found in 1986 in a storage facility in southern California.<ref name=":0" />

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Destructive cults]]		[[Category:Destructive cults]]
	<references />		<references />
	[[Category:~~The Compatible Left~~]]		[[Category:Colonial outposts]]

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	=== 1978 massacre ===		=== 1978 massacre ===
	On 18 November 1978, Jones murdered 913 of his followers with cyanide. Many victims had blisters on their necks, indicating that the poison had been injected. Guns were also found at the scene. Leslie Mootoo, the chief medical examiner of Guyana, determined that at least 700 of the victims were murdered even though the [[Bourgeois media\|media]] reported that it was a mass suicide.<ref name=":0" />		On 18 November 1978, Jones murdered 913 of his followers with cyanide. Many victims had blisters on their necks, indicating that the poison had been injected. Guns were also found at the scene. Leslie Mootoo, the chief medical examiner of Guyana, determined that at least 700 of the victims were murdered even though the [[Bourgeois media\|media]] reported that it was a mass suicide. U.S. Green Beret Scott Hooker told a defector that he was ordered to kill any survivors and inject them with cyanide.<ref name=":0" />

			=== Investigation ===
			The CIA notified the [[United States Department of Defense\|Defense Department]] of the massacre at 3:29 a.m. on 18 November. Hours later, the Guyanese Defense Forces arrived and sent C-131 planes to Jonestown that could move hundreds of bodies in a short time. However, many bodies were embalmed or left to rot so no autopsies could be conducted. Forensic samples sent by Mootoo to the U.S. embassy in Georgetown disappeared, and identification bracelets were removed from remaining victims. Six leading medical examiners said that U.S. soldiers were incompetent in their handling of the bodies. Three victims were found in 1986 in a storage facility in southern [[State of California\|California]].<ref name=":0" />

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Destructive cults]]		[[Category:Destructive cults]]
			<references />
			[[Category:The Compatible Left]]

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{{Infobox country|name=Peoples Temple Agricultural Project|image_flag=Peoples Temple logo.svg|leader_title1=Leader|leader_name1=[[Jim Jones]]|life_span=|year_end=1978|flag_width=200|date_start=1974|event_end=Mass poisoning|date_end=18 November|population_estimate=1,005|population_estimate_year=1978}}

The '''Peoples Temple Agricultural Project''', commonly known as '''Jonestown''', was a settlement in [[Co-operative Republic of Guyana|Guyana]] created by the [[United States of America|USA]]-based Peoples Temple cult.

== History ==

=== Leo Ryan assassination ===
U.S. Congressman and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] critic [[Leo Ryan]] went to investigate Jonestown in 1978. A man who was not from Jonestown shot and killed him along with Jonestown defector Patricia Parks and reporters Bob Brown, Don Harris and Greg Robinson. They used shattering dum-dum bullets, which were banned by the [[Geneva Convention]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Jeremy Kuzmarov|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]|title=Was the CIA Behind the Jonestown Massacre?|date=2022-11-18|url=http://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/11/18/was-the-cia-behind-the-jonestown-massacre-2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624222351/http://covertactionmagazine.com/2022/11/18/was-the-cia-behind-the-jonestown-massacre-2/|archive-date=2024-06-24}}</ref>

=== 1978 massacre ===
On 18 November 1978, Jones murdered 913 of his followers with cyanide. Many victims had blisters on their necks, indicating that the poison had been injected. Guns were also found at the scene. Leslie Mootoo, the chief medical examiner of Guyana, determined that at least 700 of the victims were murdered even though the [[Bourgeois media|media]] reported that it was a mass suicide.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:Destructive cults]]