26 human remains were found in a mass grave in Bogotá

This finding occurred last January during the exhumation of the remains of a woman who was the victim of forced disappearance in 1995.

A forensic team from the Attorney General’s Office and a group of trainers from the United States Department of State discovered a mass grave containing the remains of 26 people.

As indicated by the United States Embassy in Bogotá through its Twitter account, this happened when they were conducting a search for the remains of a woman who had been the victim of forced disappearance in 1995.

These exhumations were carried out in a diligence that was carried out in January 2021 by the Internal Working Group for the Search and Identification and Surrender of Disappeared Persons (Grube), attached to the Directorate of Transitional Justice.

Since its discovery on January 26, the remains found are in the genetics laboratory for the identification process and until the scientific phase is completed, details of the case and the associated facts will be known.

The Embassy pointed out that the technical assistance to the Prosecutor’s Office seeks to “strengthen the capacity to identify and locate clandestine graves, prosecute those responsible, establish the circumstances of the deaths and achieve a dignified and truthful delivery for the surviving relatives.”

The Office of the Attorney General of the Nation clarified that it will not yet rule on this discovery because full identification of the bodies has not been made and that, until this is done, the victims will be contacted and an event will be established to deliver the remains formally.