Tucumán: Remains of 1976 disappeared student identified

The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) has identified the remains of Carlos Rafael Medina González, a 20-year-old university student who disappeared in April 1976 during the military dictatorship.

Medina González was taken from his home shortly after the takeover by the de facto government of Jorge Rafael Videla. His remains were recovered from the Pozo de Vargas in Tafí Viejo, Tucumán, which is considered the largest clandestine mass grave in Argentina. The site is described as a circular structure measuring three meters in diameter and 37 meters deep.

With this identification, the number of individuals whose remains have been formally identified at this site rises to 122, out of at least 149 people found there. The recovery process has been complex due to the fragmented nature of the remains; decades of archaeological work by groups such as the Colectivo de Arqueología, Memoria e Identidad de Tucumán (CAMIT) have dealt with approximately 38,000 bone fragments mixed with clothing and other objects.