Work begins in Spain to exhume bodies of 128 Franco victims buried anonymously at mausoleum - KPRC2
FILE - A friar walks in front of the Valle de los Caidos mausoleum on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, on Oct. 13, 2019. Initial forensic work has begun on Monday June 12, 2023 to try to exhume the bodies of 128 victims of late dictator Francisco Franco's forces who are among tens of thousands of people buried anonymously in the Valle de Cuelgamuros. mausoleum, formerly known as the Valle de los Cados, or Valley of the Fallen.
More than 30,000 Franco victims are buried without identification in the mausoleum. The 128 the experts are looking for are the ones whose families have so far asked for their bodies to be identified and returned. The experts do have some indications of where the boxes are that they are looking for. “Finally, and perhaps too long overdue, Spanish democracy is providing an answer to these victims,” Government spokeswoman Isabel Rodríguez said on Spanish National Television TVE.
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