CEMDP Identifies Grenaldo de Jesus da Silva and Denis Casemiro in São Paulo's Vala de Perus Mass Grave

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Updated Apr 16, 2025, 07:23 PM

The Brazilian government's Special Commission on Political Deaths and Disappearances (CEMDP) announced the identification of two victims of the military dictatorship, Grenaldo de Jesus da Silva and Denis Casemiro, whose remains were found in the clandestine mass grave known as the Vala de Perus at the Dom Bosco Cemetery in São Paulo. The identification was achieved through genetic analysis, including work by the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), as part of the Projeto Perus—a partnership between the Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship, the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), and the São Paulo city government. The grave, discovered in 1990, contained 1,049 unidentified remains. Grenaldo de Jesus da Silva, a former Navy sailor from São Luís, Maranhão, was expelled from the military after the 1964 coup for opposing the regime and was killed in 1972 during an attempted aircraft hijacking at Congonhas Airport. Denis Casemiro, from Votuporanga, São Paulo, was a construction worker and member of the Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária (VPR); he was arrested in 1971, tortured, and executed by agents of the Department of Political and Social Order (DOPS/SP), led by Sérgio Fleury. The identification was announced during an event at Unifesp. On March 24, 2025, the government issued a formal apology to the families of the victims and to society for past negligence in identifying and preserving the remains found in the Vala de Perus.

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