Forensic Anthropology Teams In Latin America

Cover......Page 1
Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of figures......Page 9
List of contributors......Page 11
Preface......Page 16
Acknowledgements......Page 17
Foreword......Page 18
Prologue......Page 20
Chapter 1 An introduction: Departure, journey, arrival......Page 28
Notes......Page 36
References......Page 37
Chapter 2 Inter-American human rights law and forensic anthropology......Page 39
Inter-American human rights instruments......Page 41
The disappearance of the body: Humanisation and sepulchre......Page 52
Forensic anthropology at the service of truth, justice, and reparation......Page 57
Notes......Page 71
References......Page 74
Chapter 3 The end of negationism in Latin America: The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team......Page 77
Characterisation of the type of dictatorship......Page 78
The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team......Page 84
October 2014: The final victory over oblivion......Page 94
Epilogue......Page 97
Notes......Page 99
References......Page 101
Chapter 4 The role of forensic anthropology in the identification of missing detainees in Chile......Page 104
Chile’s regime of terror......Page 106
The transition to democracy......Page 108
The forensic anthropology contribution in the process of identifying human remains......Page 110
The effects of misidentifications: The incorporation 
of the GAF into the SML......Page 114
Emblematic cases that marked the identification process of disappeared detainees......Page 119
Conclusion......Page 124
Notes......Page 125
References......Page 126
Chapter 5 Forensic anthropology in Uruguay......Page 128
Historical background: The beginnings of repressive coordination and Operation Condor......Page 129
The post-dictatorship democratic governments in the face of the violations to human rights......Page 137
The context of the exhumations: Archaeology against repression......Page 145
Conclusions......Page 161
Notes......Page 162
References......Page 165
Antecedents of violence in Peru......Page 169
Origin of the Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team......Page 172
Forensic anthropological investigation versus mass exhumations......Page 178
Memoria de los Desaparecidos (Memory of the Disappeared)......Page 181
Context of the Search for Missing Persons Pursuant to Law 30470......Page 182
Conclusions......Page 183
Notes......Page 184
References......Page 185
Recent history: From counter-revolution to genocidal acts......Page 186
From denunciation to the search for justice: The study of political violence......Page 191
Forensic anthropology......Page 197
Conclusions......Page 208
Notes......Page 210
References......Page 212
Further reading......Page 214
Chapter 8 Forced disappearance and forensic anthropology in Mexico......Page 216
The regime “a la Mexicana”: Presidentialist authoritarianism and the populist state, the perfect equation......Page 217
Forensic work: The 1970s and diligence focused on isolated incidents......Page 224
Final thoughts......Page 250
Notes......Page 253
References......Page 259
Chapter 9 Arrival at destination. What comes next? …......Page 263
Bipolarity scene and repressive strategy......Page 264
Contexts of revision and hierarchy of the disappeared as emblematic victims......Page 267
The forensic teams as emblematic actors of a regional history that demanded their presence......Page 269
Conclusions......Page 273
Notes......Page 275
References......Page 276
Index......Page 280