The second phase of exhumations of victims of Franco from the old cemetery in Jimena de la Frontera castle has now finished. The works, which began on 1 June, were led by archaeologist María José Gámez Cano and coordinated by Jesús Román Roman. The remains of six more people were found, bringing the total so far to 19. They had been killed by the fascist forces during the 1936 to 39 civil war and during the dictatorship.
Other exhumations are being carried out in different places in Andalucía, including the Pico Reja mass grave in Seville, where the works are expected to take three years to complete and the number of victims found is expected to be very high.
In La Línea de la Concepción and Tarifa, exhumation works are currently being planned and should begin in the near future. And in Setenil de las Bodegas, the remains of six people who were killed by Franco’s forces have now been exhumed from a mass grave in the cemetery there, and were laid to rest in a moving ceremony on 4th September.
New exhumations in La Línea and Tarifa
In La Línea de la Concepción and Tarifa, exhumation works are currently being planned and should begin in the near future. And in Setenil de las Bodegas, the remains of six people who were killed by Franco’s forces have now been exhumed from a mass grave in the cemetery there, and were laid to rest in a moving ceremony on 4th September.
