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Mexico City Begins Controlled Exhumations at Panteón Dolores, Recovering 90 Bone Elements

The pilot uses a national forensic methodology to tackle two decades of unidentified burials through integrated lab‑data matching.

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.