They go to Malouine families of soldiers whose remains have been recently identified – 03/09/2019

A new journey of parents of the dead in the Falklands War, whose the remains were recently identified, will be held next Wednesday at Darwin Cemetery to honor them, at a ceremony that will include the surrender of military honors.

The trip will resemble the one that took place on March 26 last year, when some 200 parents of 90 soldiers who died during the war took part in an unprecedented and moving ceremony during which they could – for the first time since the war – pray and cry. in front of your beloved's grave with the black granite plaques that bear your first and last name.

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From a humanitarian agreement between Argentina and the United Kingdom and the participation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, up to now, a total of 110 families of dead in the war has received positive confirmation of the DNA test that has identified the remains of the deceased, buried for nearly 37 years in graves bearing the plaque "An Argentine soldier only known to God".

In this case, about 60 family members will travel; the majority, older adults, from different parts of the country. These are the ones who have received positive notifications over the last year.

That's why an operation was organized with doctors, psychologists and social workers who will receive them Tuesday in a hotel in downtown Buenos Aires to conduct health checkups.

The human rights secretary, Claudio Avruj, will also travel with the parents; the head of the Family Commission, María Fernanda Araujo; and two veterans friends and promoters of identifications: the Englishman Geoffrey Cardoso, who designed the Darwin Cemetery and buried the Argentine soldiers in 1982, and the Argentine Julio Aro, holder of the No Me Olvides Foundation.

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"It will be a new journey of reunion and healing," he told Telam Araujo, whose brother Elbio was one of the first identified soldiers. "Since the commission, we will continue to fight so that these trips continue to be frequent and also include the relatives of the victims of the cruise General Belgrano, who must return to the place of the sinking", he adds .

The contingent will leave Ezeiza airport on Wednesday at 4:30 am, aboard an MD83 aircraft from the Andes company, identical to that used for last year's trip, and will set foot on the continent this afternoon. .

From the Mount Pleasant military base – where the islands' airport operates – the contingent will travel 35 km to the Darwin cemetery, where 237 Argentines who died during the conflict are buried.

All logistics and organization of the trip to the 18-hour archipelago, as well as expenses, are the responsibility of the Corporación América – Law of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 -, Eduardo Eurnekian.