2024-02-22 14:08:56
Employees of the municipality of At payment and the Provincial Directorate of Registry of Missing Persons of the Ministry of Security of the province of Buenos Aires discovered a total of 501 abandoned coffins and 200 bags with human remains in four deposits in the local cemetery.
This revelation was made public by the municipality on Tuesday through a statement, detailing that the action was carried out as part of the audits carried out in different departments of the city at the request of the mayor. July Winewho seeks to “guarantee the transparency of the municipal administration.”
It was discovered that the four deposits were not intended for the conservation of bodies or human remains, according to the municipality.
In the first warehouse, called “Protectora”, 16 wooden coffins with interior metal lining were found, possibly coming from vaults or niches, without identification, as well as coffins on the ground with stagnant water.
In the second deposit, known as the “Velatorio Room”, nearly 200 black consortium bags containing skeletal remains were found, many of them without identification of name, niche or cadastral location, along with 15 wooden coffins.
The third place, located on the second floor of the building, housed hundreds of coffins of adults and 22 of children, identified as “little angels”, in addition to consortium bags with bone remains scattered on the floor.
In the fourth warehouse, called the “Sand Shed,” inspectors found more than 107 coffins stacked haphazardly and black consortium bags with human remains.
According to the municipality’s statement, all of these places were in “a very poor state of conservation and cleanliness, with nauseating odors and stagnant water.”
After the discovery, the municipality filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office on duty requesting the investigation of possible crimes related to the unidentified bodies and human remains.