Authorities in southern Spain said Friday they are ready to open a mass grave that could contain the remains of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, although his relatives oppose any exhumation.
Garcia Lorca was shot by supporters of General Francisco Franco during Spain’s 1936-39 civil war and is believed to have been buried in the grave at Alfaca, near Granada.
“Our aim is to look for him,” said the minister of justice for the Andalucia region, Begona Alvarez, as she signed agreements to undertake the work.
The grave thought to contain the remains of Garcia Lorca and three other people shot along with him is one of six believed to be in Alfaca. Four of them will be dug up first.
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