Paraguay gives remains of military dictatorship victims to families
Fri Feb 10, 2017 | 6:46pm EST
Paraguay gives remains of military dictatorship victims to families
By Mariel Cristaldo | ASUNCION
The remains of four people killed during Paraguay's 1954-1989 military dictatorship were given to their families on Friday in an emotional ceremony that was the first of its kind.
The victims' remains are the only ones identified to date among about 400 people who were executed and 19,000 tortured under the rule of Alfredo Stroessner, according to Paraguay's Truth and Justice Commission, established in 2003.
"It is a job that we started a long time ago and that at the same time opens a new door of struggle because now we must insist that the judiciary determine what happened," said Rogelio Goiburú, a member of the justice ministry's board of historical memory and reparation.
The remains, identified last year, belong to two Paraguayans: Miguel Angel Soler, a former communist party general secretary, and Castulo Vera Baez, a farmer. Both vanished in 1977.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-paraguay-dictatorship-idUSKBN15P2TX?rpc=401&
