Euskadi hands over the remains of three Orduña prison victims to their families

Basque Government and Gojura Institute During these days they will hand over the remains of three victims From the Orduña prison to their families in Badajoz and Ciudad Real, within the framework of the search and identification program during the civil war in Gogura.

As reported by the Basque Executive, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, María Jesús San José, and the Director of the Institute of Memory, Coexistence and Human Rights-Gogora, Alberto Alonso, handed over the remains of the bodies. Manuel Guillén Expósito, civil guard who died in Orduña prison in 1941 At the age of 42, after passing through several detention centers.

His remains They will be buried in San Juan Cemetery, Badajoz. Where this delivery process was carried out. In the words of Councilor María Jesús San José, through gestures like these “we honor our community, because the victims and their families never lost it.”

Also this Thursday, at the Mirandela Cemetery, the family of Miguel Fuertes Molina He will receive the remains of this farmer The Basque government explained that these people, after passing through several detention centers, were transferred to Orduña from the Castuera concentration camp, “like many residents of Extremadura.” He died in the Central Prison in 1941 at the age of 26, according to official documents, due to a lack of vitamins.

Another victim of Ciudad Real

On the other hand, on Friday, the Director of the Basque Institute of Memory, Coexistence and Human Rights will hand over the remains of Faustino Aguado Serrano to the family at the Tomelloso Cemetery (Ciudad Real). water He was transferred from the prison of the Alcázar de San Juan party He was transferred to Orduña prison in 1940 and died in 1941 at the age of 47.

As explained by the Basque government, another victim was recently identified as Mariano Gutiérrez Segura, a citizen and resident of Argamasilla de Calatrava. with, 23 victims have been identified at Vizcaya prison out of a total of 93 victims.