1) - After two weeks of continuous hard work we finally finished with mass
grave 1. We recovered a total of 12 bodies, and now we are working in the lab.
We want to try to establish not only the most probable cause of death, but also
try to identify someone. This would contribute to the right to know of their
relatives and so close their cycle of
mourning after more than 20
years. *P.S. We are still working to recover more bodies from the mass grave 2--By Franco Mora (Forensic Archaeologist of
Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team)
Muted Voices: Over the past week the team has worked to wrap up the first mass grave identification. As we began to exhume the remains of the last individual of the grave, I began to prepare the remains for photography. However, during the next trowel of sand I struck a set of Carpal bones which exposed the hand of a yet unseen victim - number 11 for this grave at that point. These victims were silenced in a brutal manner and their voices muted. However, through these ongoing efforts we aspire to give them a voice, dignity, and closure. By Derek O'Neill
Muted Voices: Over the past week the team has worked to wrap up the first mass grave identification. As we began to exhume the remains of the last individual of the grave, I began to prepare the remains for photography. However, during the next trowel of sand I struck a set of Carpal bones which exposed the hand of a yet unseen victim - number 11 for this grave at that point. These victims were silenced in a brutal manner and their voices muted. However, through these ongoing efforts we aspire to give them a voice, dignity, and closure. By Derek O'Neill
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