Anthropologists found new bone remains in the 14th Army Battalion, less than 200 meters from the place where they found the bodies at the beginning of June last year. Amelia Sanjurjo, The young woman who disappeared because of the dictatorship while she was pregnant.
The episode occurred after the arduous work of Forensic Anthropology Research Group (GIAF) and earlier than expected, since work was scheduled to resume in August.
Juan Ignacio Errandonea, member of the group Mothers and Relatives of Disappeared Uruguayans, confirmed the discovery to EFE and indicated that the remains are covered with lime.
In turn, he assured that they were found at a distance of between 150 and 180 meters from where in June of last year human remains were found that this year were confirmed to be from Sanjurjo.
The discovery was discussed in Parliament
Earlier, during a session of the Senate, the vice president Beatriz Argimón He reported the news to the legislators who were in the chamber.
“There has been a new discovery at Battalion 14. I think it is important and we were waiting for official confirmation to be able to bring it here,” he told the legislators.
The human remains of a possible missing person during the civil-military dictatorship were found on June 6, 2023, during excavation work carried out on a property belonging to Battalion 14, located on the outskirts of Montevideo.
The second discovery in just over a year
The team of forensic anthropologists from the National Human Rights Institution made the last discovery on June 6, 2023, while on July 21 of that year, a study carried out by a genetic laboratory in Argentina determined that the body had been tortured during the dictatorship.
“Because this was a clandestine burial on a military property of long standing, with associated material intended for cadaveric disintegration, with human bone remains that present peri-mortem trauma at the level of the cervical spine as a result of violence that may be related to the cause of death,” detailed the report read that day by the anthropologist. Alicia Lusiardo.
Source: Ambito
