after the restoration of democracy in 1984, the investigations of the national commission on the disappearance of persons and the 1985 trial of the juntas led to the exhuming of graves in the cemetery of general lavalle, searching for evidence related to war crimes. skeletal remains were found belonging to some cadavers found in 1977 and later on the beaches of san bernardo and lucila del mar. the remains were used in the trial against the juntas and then stored in sixteen bags.