This was confirmed by Alicia Lusiardo, head of the team of anthropologists. The identity will be known in the coming weeks.
The skeletal remains found last Tuesday the 6th in the Battalion 14 of the military premises of Toledo correspond to a woman, as specified the head of the team of anthropologists that works with the National Institution of Human Rights (Inddhh), Alicia Lusiardo, who explained that this conclusion was reached through observation and analysis.
To determine the identity of this woman, it will be necessary to wait a few more weeks, since the samples will be sent to Argentina, where he will analyze them Forensic Genetics Laboratory belonging to the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF). In any case, Lusiardo did anticipate that “There is no doubt” that it is a disappeared detainee.
The anthropologist expressed herself like this during a press conference where she confirmed that the skeleton was female. “This has been arrived at by two methodologies, observation of size and by metric methods,” she graphed. However, she cautioned that “No clothing associated with these remains or personal effects were found.”
To reveal the identity, he asked prudence, since the damage of some bones does not allow “determining with a degree of precision” data such as biological profile, age and height. In any case, Lusiardo was optimistic and said that there is “good chances” for the analysis to prosper in Argentina, because the lime found at the scene helps to preserve the material.
Lusiardo clarified that “it is a burial of a disappeared detainee”
The specialist insisted that the remains found were in the context of “a primary burial” are of a clandestine nature and in the context of crimes against humanity. “It occurs in a place where You can’t do a legal burial.” as it is a military property, as he stated. And he explained: “The body received a treatment that has to do with a position, with being deposited and with obvious concealment intentions having added lime and still adding the slab”.
For this reason, Lusiardo stated: “We have no doubts that this is a burial of the work we are doing, of a disappeared detainee.” Meanwhile, since Mothers and Relatives of Uruguayans Detained Disappeared pointed out that “It is 1 of the 40 compañeras”. One of its members Gabriela Montes de Oca He explained: “We are not referring to just three when we talk about the compañeras who are disappeared in Uruguayan territory, because we know how all the work that existed with Operation Condor was like. There are 40 compañeras”.
Source: Ambito
