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Paraguay investigates human remains found on ex-dictator's former property [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Paraguay investigates human remains found on ex-dictator's former property
Bones of an estimated four people found under bathroom of house that once belonged to Alfredo Stroessner
William Costa in Asunción
Sun 8 Sep 2019 08.01 BST
Last modified on Sun 8 Sep 2019 15.40 BST
Authorities in Paraguay have launched an investigation after human remains were found at a property once owned by the former rightwing dictator Alfredo Stroessner, during whose 35-year authoritarian rule at least 423 people were killed or forcibly disappeared.
Bones belonging to an estimated four people were found under a bathroom in the house near Ciudad del Este, Paraguay’s second-largest city. Local media reported that members of families who had been squatting in the building were digging in search of buried treasure – a widespread activity in Paraguay – when they made the discovery.
María Stella Cáceres, director of the Museum of Memories – an institution dedicated to exhibiting the crimes of the Stroessner dictatorship – told the Guardian that it was extremely important to carefully verify whether the remains belong to victims of the regime.
“The victims aren’t just the people who disappeared, but their families and communities too. This is a crime against humanity that is ongoing and won’t come to an end until the remains are found, identified and given back.”
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Bones of an estimated four people found under bathroom of house that once belonged to Alfredo Stroessner
William Costa in Asunción
Sun 8 Sep 2019 08.01 BST
Last modified on Sun 8 Sep 2019 15.40 BST
Authorities in Paraguay have launched an investigation after human remains were found at a property once owned by the former rightwing dictator Alfredo Stroessner, during whose 35-year authoritarian rule at least 423 people were killed or forcibly disappeared.
Bones belonging to an estimated four people were found under a bathroom in the house near Ciudad del Este, Paraguay’s second-largest city. Local media reported that members of families who had been squatting in the building were digging in search of buried treasure – a widespread activity in Paraguay – when they made the discovery.
María Stella Cáceres, director of the Museum of Memories – an institution dedicated to exhibiting the crimes of the Stroessner dictatorship – told the Guardian that it was extremely important to carefully verify whether the remains belong to victims of the regime.
“The victims aren’t just the people who disappeared, but their families and communities too. This is a crime against humanity that is ongoing and won’t come to an end until the remains are found, identified and given back.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/08/paraguay-alfredo-stroessner-human-remains
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