Montearenas (A-6 motorway), Ponferrada, León (2016). The construction of the motorway entailed the loss of several mass graves. There are 60 documented murders in the area, but there may be more than 200. Bernabé González Cañas, 29, was shot and buried in a mass grave on 20 September 1937.
Bernabé González Cañas, 29, was shot and buried in a mass grave. There are 60 documented murders in the Montearenas area since 1936 but there may be more than 200. Several mass graves were lost due to the construction of the A-6 motorway, the expansion of the National-VI and an industrial estate. It is very common to find human remains in the construction, however the operators usually make them disappear so that the construction work is not stopped.
