on july 5, 2010, manuela sáenz was given a full state burial in venezuela. because she had been buried in a mass grave, no official remains of her existed for the state burial; instead, "symbolic remains", composed of some soil from the mass grave into which she was buried during the epidemic, were transported through peru, ecuador and colombia to venezuela. those remains were laid in the national pantheon of venezuela where those of bolívar are also memorialized.