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Mass graves of Estépar
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Estépar, a village in the province of Burgos, Spain, is the site of multiple mass graves from the Spanish Civil War. Hundreds of Republicans are believed to have been killed there. Many had been held in detention in Burgos which became the headquarters of the Francoist proto-government following the start of the war in 1936. Prisoners were moved down the Arlanzon valley to Estépar to be killed and buried.
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The remains of some of the victims were exhumed in 2014 by the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory.