DNA From Peron’s Body Taken for Paternity Test
From Times Wire Reports
Forensic experts extracted DNA from the body of late Argentine President Juan Peron for a test to determine whether a woman is his daughter.
Thwarted for decades by Argentina’s military leaders and then by Peron’s family, Martha Holgado finally got her chance to obtain the DNA from Peron’s bones because his body is being moved to a new $1.1-million mausoleum outside Buenos Aires.
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