EAAF identifies dictatorship victim buried in Tucumán mass grave
Carlos Rafael Medina’s remains were found at Pozo de Vargas, Argentina’s largest clandestine burial site La entrada EAAF identifies dictatorship victim buried in Tucumán mass grave se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .
The remains of Carlos Rafael Medina, a victim of Argentina's last dictatorship, were identified last week after being discovered in the Pozo de Vargas mass grave in Tucumán province. The 20-year-old student from the National University of Tucumán was kidnapped in April 1976, just two months after the military coup that seized power in Argentina.
Medina's identification was made possible by his siblings, who provided genetic samples for analysis by the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF). The EAAF, along with the Archaeology, Memory and Identity Collective of Tucumán (CAMIT), have been excavating and analyzing remains from the Pozo de Vargas for over two decades, recovering 149 individuals so far with 122 identified.
Medina's family has been informed of the discovery and will be provided with the remains for burial or cremation. The last victim identified at the site was Aida Villegas in May 2025.
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