They found human remains in the army battalion that could be missing

The deputy secretary of the presidency, Juan Andrés Roballo, said that President Tabaré Vázquez had declared himself "very attentive" and ready to follow the "case" very closely.

From the press Minister of Defense, José Bayardithe finding was in Battalion 13, located in northern Montevideo, one of the properties under investigation and likely to be buried during the de facto government.

"These are human remains that have not yet been extracted; The anthropology team will continue to work to extract as much remains as possible, "said Bayardi.

"This has a very particular sensitivity for society as a whole and nothing to say to the relatives of the detainees, so any information we provide will be limited to what the judge and anthropologists will determine," he said.

It is the same military unit in which was the body of Fernando Miranda, father of the current president of Frente Amplio, Javier Miranda, in 2005.

Yesterday could be the fifth discovery of the body of a missing detainee if the identity of the bone remains is confirmed. Previously, six results had been recorded, four of which had been identified: Ubagésner Cháves Sosa, Fernando Miranda, Julio Castro and Ricardo Blanco.

According to the investigations conducted by the Association of Families of Missing Prisoners and the Commission for Peace, the persons who could have been buried in the battalion 13 because they had been seen alive are: Eduardo Bleier, Otermin Montes de Oca, Elena Quinteros, Maria Claudia Garcia, Amelia Sanjurjo, Julio Correa Rodriguez, Julio Escudero, Oscar Tbadino, Juan Manuel Brieba, Carlos Arevalo, Oscar Baliñas and Luis Eduardo Gonzalez.

Lesa Humanidad crime prosecutor Ricardo Perciballe told the press that he felt "joy for the victims" and that this news generated "peace" and the need to continue working to wait the results.

"There are expectations for other meetings," the prosecutor said, quoted by the EFE news agency.

According to estimates, nearly 200 people missing during the dictatorship are known, including women and children.