On June 6th, the remains of a woman were found in an area belonging to the headquarters of the 14th Parachute Infantry Battalion of Toledo, in the department of Canelones, where detainees of the military dictatorship were tortured and murdered.

The identity of the deceased woman could not be established, despite the work made by the National Human Rights Institution, the Ombudsman’s Office, the Forensic Anthropology Research Group, the Argentine Anthropology Team, and the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes Against Humanity. , the identity of the murdered woman could not be identified AMRDD’s statement.

“Not yet being able to give her a name, unite it with her history and finally be able to shelter her, is something that fills us with great pain” says the statement of the AMRDD. The lack of data on the discovery and identification of the victim “calls us to mobilize once again, demanding that those who have the information, who can shed light on this issue, remain silent, keeping its identity kidnapped.”

The remains of teacher Julio Castro and those of Ricardo Blanco, who were detained by forces of the dictatorship, were found in the area of Battalion 14 in October 2011.

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