The Prosecutor’s Office reported that the remains found last July in the Battalion 14 They belong to a man between 43 and 57 years old, according to a press conference to announce the results of the analysis.
The prosecutor specializing in crimes against humanity, Ricardo Perciballeleads a press conference from 3:30 p.m. with the aim of providing details of the bone profile and the results of the analyses carried out on the latest remains found in Battalion 14 at the end of July.
The anthropologist Alicia Lusiardo He said the remains “belong to a man, between 43 and 57 years old, and between 1.75 and 1.85 metres tall,” while warning: “We are 95% certain of the sex of the individual.”
“There are several textile fragments that make up this item of clothing that is a shirt and we have a pair of stockings “because the feet were recovered even within the measurements. There are no other clothes and the only thing that could be located is a bottle cap, like a bottle cap,” Lusiardo said.
The bone remains will be sent to Argentina
The analyses were carried out by the Forensic Anthropology Research Group (GIAF) from the University of the Republic (Udelar) and remains are expected to be sent to Córdoba, Argentina, so that the identity of the missing person can be determined, according to Perciballe.
The prosecutor also referred to the genetic basis and stated: “As we have said on previous occasions, the genetic basis has been expanded and we hope that we do not have the same problem as with Amelia Sanjurjo”.
The remains were found in the same place where Sanjurjo’s remains were found in June 2023, near trench 405. The body was found face down, covered with lime and under a very heavy material slab.
According to Lusiardo, the body was found in good condition and almost complete, which helps when analyzing the remains to determine the identity of the missing person.
The controversy surrounding Battalion 14
A few weeks ago, the Patria o Muerte group was denounced by the Canelones Municipality for threats and defamation following a statement by the group in which they opposed the handover of Battalion 14 to human rights associations, a proposal that had been launched by the departmental chief, Marcelo Metediera.
The group resorted to threats against the Municipality of Cannelloni, after Metediera proposed appropriating the military complex. “We also say to all the corrupt leftists in the Canelones Municipality and to the professional politicians that we will not give in an inch, if they want war they will have it, and this time we will not take prisoners,” announced the statement from the right-wing group.
Faced with this, the department decided to file a complaint for threats and defamation. “The fight against impunity for crimes against humanity committed in the recent past in Uruguay, as well as the work for memory, truth and justice carried out by the Canelones Municipality, is a priority public policy” for the departmental government,” states a statement from the municipality.
“The mayor’s office will not admit any action that implies a risk to democracy and the full functioning of the rule of law, a fundamental capital that not only the population of the department of Cannelloni, but all the Uruguay”, adds.
In this regard, during his last visit to Battalion 14, the mayor stressed the importance of moving forward with the complaint. “It cannot be ignored as just another communiqué. There were threats, there were complaints. Let it be investigated and do what needs to be done,” he commented. “In a democratic country, these things cannot be ignored,” he added.
Source: Ambito
