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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Graham Keeley

Old wounds reopen as Spain gets ready to pass mass grave law for Franco’s victims

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wedding ring discovered in the morbid surroundings of a mass grave reunited Rosa María Insúa with the father she never knew.

Archaeologists excavating the grave found the ring on a skeleton, and the date of the owner's marriage – 1 June 1931 – was inscribed inside.  

Eugenio Juan Insúa’s family confirmed this was the day he married Irene Serrano, providing his daughter with a poignant link to her father, who was killed in 1936 when Rosa María was only six months old.

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