Panama searches mass graves for victims of 1989 U.S. invasion
October 14, 2021
9:04 PM CDT
Last Updated 15 minutes ago
Americas
Reuters
2 minute read
PANAMA CITY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Several bags with human remains have been exhumed from a mass grave in Panama amid searches for the victims of the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989, officials said on Thursday.
The military operation took the lives of some 300 civilians and marked the end of the dictatorship of General Manuel Noriega. For years, families have called for a search for the remains of those who died, many of whom were buried in mass graves.
Attorney General Geomara Guerra said four bags of remains have been recovered so far at the Monte Esperanza cemetery in the city of Colon.
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Officials last year began exhuming corpses at another cemetery, called Jardin de Paz, and found the unidentified remains of about 30 people. They halted the effort due to coronavirus restrictions.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-searches-mass-graves-victims-1989-us-invasion-2021-10-15/
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