Panama exhumes victims from 1989 US invasion
The remains of 19 victims of the 1989 US invasion of Panama have already been exhumed from a cemetery within an official investigation in to the operation.
About 500 Panamanians are thought to have died in the invasion, but rights groups say the real number is higher.
The continues to be of the 19 victims were in the beginning placed right into a mass grave but soon after reburied in the Jardín de Paz cemetery in Panama Metropolis, along with dozens of others.
Some bodies remain unidentified.
Relatives say all of the victims of the invasion should be identified in order that families can find closure.
"We have been doing work for 30 years to make certain they have some interior peace," explained Trinidad Ayola, president of an association that is helping to identify the victims.
The government of Juan Carlos Varela has setup a commission to research the death toll. Correspondents state the invasion is still a difficult period for most in Panama and there were calls for 20 December to be an official day of mourning.
The invasion took place on 20 December 1989 after ties between your US government and Panamanian head General Manuel Noriega sank to an all time low.
Then simply US President George H W Bush said he was ordering military action to "protect the lives of American citizens" and bring Noriega "to justice".
Standard Noriega was arrested two weeks down the road. He was taken up to the united states where he was sentenced to jail for medicine trafficking and cash laundering.
Noriega spent the others of his life found in custody - first in america, then France and finally under house arrest in Panama. He died in 2017, aged 83, therefore of difficulties from an procedure to eliminate a brain tumor.
