Tag: Darwin Cemetery DNA samples

Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 07:20 UTC
The 97th Argentine combatant buried in the Falklands has been identified

The 97th Argentine combatant, whose remains are buried as an unknown soldier at the Argentine military cemetery, Falkland Islands, has been identified, according to the official announcement, on Friday, from the Argentine Human Rights Secretariat.
Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 09:02 UTC
Three more graves have names in the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin

Argentina confirmed on Friday the identification of three more soldiers fallen during the South Atlantic conflict in 1982, and whose remains rest in the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin in the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, May 31st 2018 - 07:47 UTC
Argentine forensic team identify remains of another combatant buried in the Falklands

The remains of yet another Argentine combatant fallen during the Falklands conflict in 1982, and buried at the Argentine military cemetery in Darwin, have been identified bringing the number to 91, out of a total of 121 only a year ago.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 22:16 UTC
A humanitarian triumph in the aftermath of war

By Nicholas Tozer -Buenos Aires.
THE visit by over two hundred of Argentine next-of-kin to the Argentine Military Cemetery in Darwin in East Falkland earlier this week undoubtedly marks a new milestone in the so-often troubled relations between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands dispute.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 04:07 UTC
Falklands: Argentine families visit graves of previously unidentified soldiers

As readers of Penguin News will be aware, the project leading to the identification of 90 of the 121 previously unidentified soldiers whose graves are found in the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin faced many difficulties.
Saturday, March 24th 2018 - 07:17 UTC
Argentina pays homage to UK military officer for helping identify soldiers fallen in 1982

Families of Argentine soldiers killed in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Britain have paid homage to a former British army officer who helped recover and rebury with dignity and precision their loved ones in a Falkland Islands cemetery, which would become the Argentine military cemetery or memorial.
Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 19:58 UTC
Falklands: Argentine tombstones with the names of identified soldiers should arrive Sunday

An Argentine charter is scheduled to land in the Falkland Islands this Sunday carrying the plaques (tombstones) with the names of the 88 now identified Argentine soldiers buried in the Darwin cemetery following a DNA forensic identification process during last year, led by the International Red Cross.
Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 08:23 UTC
Falklands confirm March 26 visit of Argentine relatives of identified soldiers at Darwin cemetery

Following work undertaken by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in identifying the remains of unidentified Argentine soldiers buried in the Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery, an Argentine private charter will be arriving at Mount Pleasant on Monday March 26.
Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 11:47 UTC
Identification of unknown Argentine combatants buried in Falklands advancing according to agenda

The forensic team from the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, involved in the Falklands Humanitarian Project is currently analyzing the DNA samples taken from the Argentine soldiers remains buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Islands, and defining strategies that should allow the delivery of results to the Argentine, and United Kingdom governments.
Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 06:40 UTC
Falklands' Darwin cemetery holds 121 single unmarked graves reveals Red Cross

Humanitarian exhumation tasks at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands unearthed 121 body remains of Argentine combatants, and not 123 as originally expected, revealed the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, during a media conference in Buenos Aires.