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The association has campaigned on behalf of the descendants of Franco's victims for decades, with its work including the exhumation of mass graves.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

"We're going to have to wait a very long time" until the exhumation teams work their way up to the more recent graves, she told AFP as she watched the teams at work.

From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025

Officials are concerned that rushing into an exhumation of the larger sites could disturb the remains and complicate future investigations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

But the magistrate noted that this evidence had been called into question as samples had reached the UK four months after exhumation and they were not in the containers they had originally been packed in.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

In Bobby’s exhumation, a fragment of bone from his left small toe was extracted, in addition to seven tissue samples—enough for a binding test.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady