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Identification of Human Remains (N.N.) at Patio 29, General Cemetery Santiago, Chile, December 2009

ByMario Aguilar Benítez

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After the military coup of 11 September 1973 thousands of suspects and supporters of the Popular Unity government were arrested while hundreds were killed. One of the locations where illegal burials took place more systematically between September 1973 and March 1974 was area 29 of the Santiago General Cemetery where crosses with no name (N.N.) marked the burial place of simple coffins containing sometimes more than one body. It is difficult to know why these bodies were brought to the patio 29 and others left on the streets. The striking fact was that the iron crosses with the name N.N. were visible to everybody but nobody was able to request the digging of the graves and identify those human remains until Chile’s return to democracy in 1990. This work outlines the new identification of human remains related to the disappeared and the executed during the military regime of Patio 29 of the Santiago General Cemetery announced during December 2009.

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Publication Date
Jan 29, 2010
Language
English
Category
History
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Mario Aguilar Benítez

Specifications

Pages
24
Binding
Saddle Stitch
Interior Color
Color
Dimensions
A4 (8.27 x 11.69 in / 210 x 297 mm)

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