Forensic anthropologists have identified the remains of at least 38 victims of Argentina's last military dictatorship at the former clandestine detention centre known as La Perla, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday.

Source: Al Jazeera, Oct 24, 2026

The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF) announced on Friday that DNA and laboratory analyses had produced eight new identifications of people whose remains were recovered at Loma del Torito, inside the La Perla detention site. The newly named victims are Néstor Albino Acosta, Pascual Delfín Ludueña, Claudio Norberto Nardini, Cecilia Alicia Pessina de Ávila, Mónica Protti de Guillén, Mercedes del Valle Ramírez, María Luisa Salto and Juan Carlos Soulier.

Source: EAAF announcement via Particle, Oct 23, 2026

Those eight identifications bring the total number of people identified from the La Perla excavations in 2026 to 38, following earlier sets of matches announced in March, May and August, the EAAF summary said.

Source: EAAF via Particle, Oct 23, 2026

Field teams recovered large numbers of dispersed and fragmented bone fragments in a sector called Loma del Torito and found forensic signs consistent with deliberate removal of bodies, evidence now recorded for the federal case overseen by Judge Hugo Vaca Narvaja, according to the EAAF summary.

Source: EAAF via Particle, Oct 23, 2026

Argentina's military dictatorship lasted from 1976 to 1983, a period known as the 'Dirty War' and marked by the abduction and killing of suspected political dissidents, Al Jazeera reported. The identification work is part of a broader effort to provide closure to families of people who were forcibly disappeared.

Source: Al Jazeera, Oct 24, 2026

Investigators say excavations and laboratory work will continue, and they are urging relatives of people missing between 1974 and 1983 to provide DNA reference samples so remaining fragments can be matched and families can gain legal and emotional closure, the EAAF said.

Source: EAAF via Particle, Oct 23, 2026