Anthropologists Digging Up the Truth. Eduardo Garcia.
by Garcia, Eduardo; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 58Human Relations. Publisher: Latinamerica Press, 2004ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Forensic anthropology | Guatemala -- Politics and government | Human rights -- Guatemala | Mass burials | Victims of crimes -- IdentificationDDC classification: 050 Summary: "On Feb. 25 [2004], celebrated as a national day for victims of the armed conflict, the association of widows of Guatemala (CONAVIGUA), unveiled a monument in Comalapa with the names of the 250 local people who went missing during the war. Most of their bodies were never found. However, since August 2003, at CONAVIGUA's request, the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) has been exploring the land surrounding the former military base in search of them." (LATINAMERICA PRESS) This article discusses how forensic anthropologists in Guatemala are helping to uncover clandestine cemeteries that contain bodies of human rights abuse victims.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Anthropologists Digging Up the Truth, April 7, 2004; pp. 11-12.
"On Feb. 25 [2004], celebrated as a national day for victims of the armed conflict, the association of widows of Guatemala (CONAVIGUA), unveiled a monument in Comalapa with the names of the 250 local people who went missing during the war. Most of their bodies were never found. However, since August 2003, at CONAVIGUA's request, the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) has been exploring the land surrounding the former military base in search of them." (LATINAMERICA PRESS) This article discusses how forensic anthropologists in Guatemala are helping to uncover clandestine cemeteries that contain bodies of human rights abuse victims.
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