Macaé Evaristo (Human Rights) recognizes union failure in the identification of missing bones; ceremony took place at Dom Bosco Cemetery, in SP
The Minister of Human Rights, Macaé Evaristo, apologized on behalf of the Union on Monday (24.mar.2025) to the family members of the missing political dictatorship (1964-1985) and Brazilian society.
The request refers to “neglect” From the state from 1990 to 2014 in conducting the identification work of the bones found in the clandestine ditch of Perus, at Dom Bosco Cemetery, in São Paulo.
Macaé Evaristo with family members of the dead and missing in the dictatorship
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The bone remnants were discovered in 1990 at Dom Bosco Cemetery in Perus, northwestern São Paulo. Initially, they were sent to Unicamp (State University of Campinas) and later to UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais).
The ditch was used for the illegal burial of indigentes, unidentified people and opponents of the military regime.
Given the reports on poor storage conditions, the bones were transferred to the São Paulo Legal Medical Institute.
Then they were taken to the CAAF (Center for Anthropology and Forensic Archeology) of UNIFESP (Federal University of São Paulo), where they follow in the process of identification.
