Antiguo Cementerio del Carmen, Ponferrada, León (2016). Antonio Fernández Guerrero, 25, and José Canedo Fernández, 26, were shot in front of the cemetery wall on 21 May 1942 and buried in a common grave. The cemetery was closed, but the grave is probably still there and could hold 200 others.La Retuerta I (Bend of Death), Villagatón, León (2016). Seven people were murdered on 4 August 1936 at this bend on the old highway to Madrid. Detained in Ponferrada, the seven prisoners were told that they were going to be transferred to León.
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.
