Jonestown was a remote compound in Guyana built by Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones. With little interference from the Guyanese government, Jonestown was a virtually autonomous settlement. On November 18, 1978, it was the site of a mass murder-suicide. More than 900 peopled died. Some willingly drank a fruit beverage laced with cyanide, tranquilizers, and sedatives, while others were forced or coerced to consume it. Jones died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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