Overview
- Specialists intervened level 15 of grave 26, excavated 40 centimeters over more than four hours, and secured the site afterward.
- Recovered remains were sent to the city’s forensic institute (ISPCF) for anthropology, genetics, odontology, and other analyses that will populate a forensic information system.
- Authorities plan fingerprint comparisons with the National Electoral Institute database to reinforce genetic identifications.
- Panteón Dolores is the capital’s only collective common‑grave site, with about 10,000 entries over 20 years and 6,618 cases flagged with identification hypotheses.
- Officials report 385 decedents identified and 73 families located to date, including four from grave 26 whose relatives were notified, as a dedicated custody and treatment center is built.