Victims of Franco’s regime discovered at Serantes cemeteryThe excavation to recover the bodies of those subjected to reprisals has revealed vertical burials and signs of ‘extreme’ violence.The excavation undertaken at the Serantes cemetery in an attempt to locate the bodies of victims of Franco’s regime has yielded its first results. Test pits carried out in a narrow grave at the Ferrol cemetery uncovered the remains of seven individuals, showing “clear signs of violence” and found “in a completely vertical position”. This was revealed on Wednesday by those in charge of the investigation, led by the A Coruña Provincial Council in collaboration with the Histagra research group at the University of Santiago, who estimate that around 200 people murdered by the Franco regime between 1936 and 1...