Rebel Leader Cabanas’ Remains Identified
MEXICO
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Scientists said they have found the remains of a rebel leader killed more than 27 years ago in the mountains of southern Mexico, ending the mystery surrounding his death.
Scientists used DNA samples to identify Lucio Cabanas’ remains, found in a makeshift grave in Atoyac de Alvarez, a city outside a major military base near the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco, forensic archeologist Carlos Jacame said.
Cabanas, who led a communist rebel group called the Party of the Poor, was killed in a shootout with soldiers Dec. 2, 1974.
The remains will be reburied Dec. 2, the 28th anniversary of Cabanas’ death, in Atoyac, his hometown.
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