Brazil Has 1049 Skeletons to ID of Political Prisoners and Death Squad Victims
Brazil Has 1049 Skeletons to ID of Political Prisoners and Death Squad Victims
2014 - July 2014
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Sunday, 27 July 2014 16:54
Brazil's Human Rights minister Ideli Salvatti announced that the experts hired by the Secretary of Human Rights have initiated the process of identification of the 1,049 skeletons found in a clandestine trench at the Cemitério de Perus, a graveyard in São Paulo, in 1990.
"Since we don't have a full database with the DNA of family members, they will start the collection of the materials today," Ideli explained, last week.
According to the minister, the removal of the bones is expected to begin in September or October, after which they are to be taken to a laboratory set up in a house especially rented for this purpose, but the identification of the human remains should continue into the following year.
The project is supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture, and has the collaboration of the Federal University of São Paulo. Salvatti reported that both institutions have launched a project for the creation of an information center for forensic anthropology.
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http://www.brazzilmag.com/component/content/article/136-july-2014/13101-brazil-has-1049-skeleton-to-id-of-political-prisoners-and-death-squad-victims.html
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Brazil's current President, Dilma Rousseff. was a tortured
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