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Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has made all parishes in the country available to the families of detainees who disappeared, in order to gather information to identify their remains. The news contained in the note sent to Fides from a local source, was confirmed by the Archbishop of Montevideo, Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., who is in Rome for the Synod of Bishops on the Family.
The request for cooperation was made a month ago by the Association of Mothers and Relatives of the Disappeared, according to the official name of this group, that drew up an outreach plan to get information on these people. They then asked to "deliver a letter, a message in each parish, church or synagogue in the whole country", appealing to those who know something or know some details that can help find the remains of their loved ones.
The Cardinal insisted on the fact that we are not interested in knowing the name of the person who provides this information, but are interested in the data. According to various sources, after the dictatorship (1972-1985) several missing persons were recorded in Uruguay. A list of 140 people, with first and last name, was presented by the Commission "Service of Peace and Justice", while the Commission for Human Rights reported 192. Many of them were killed in the repression called "Plan Condor". Since last July, when several bodies were found, the Association of Relatives of the Disappeared began the campaign for the discovery of the remains of their loved ones more vigorously. (CE) (Agenzia Fides 20/10/2015)
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