Paraguay's disappeared: A dictator's shadow is a roadblock for justice, but a few keep up the fight FILE - Rogelio Goiburu, a member of Paraguay's Truth and Justice Commission, looks at skeletal remains found buried as they are excavated at the National Police Special Forces headquarters in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 19, 2013. Goiburu's father, an opponent of the Stroessner dictatorship, went missing in 1977. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
FILE - Former detainees react as retired Police Commissioner Eusebio Torres receives a 30-year sentence for torturing detainees during Gen. Alfredo Stroessner's dictatorship, at Justice Palace in Asuncion, Paraguay, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
Celsa Ramirez, a former political prisoner of the Stroessner dictatorship, plays the harp in her backyard in Ita, Paraguay, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. Ramirez, a former militant of the Communist Party, was imprisoned between 1975 and 1978 and is still searching for her missing husband. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
FILE - Paraguayan Senator Luis Alberto Wagner holds documents found in a recently discovered basement at the Interior Ministry headquarters in Asuncion, Paraguay, Oct. 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
Spanish Jesuit Priest Jose Maria Blanch, who headed the multi-faith Churches Committee, walks around in the Cristo Rey parish in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. During the Stroessner dictatorship, the group provided legal advice for prisoners, financial support for those freed and information for families with loved ones detained. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
FILE - An image of communist leader Miguel Angel Soler, who disappeared in 1975 during the Stroessner dictatorship, is projected on a building in Asuncion, Paraguay, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
FILE - The feet are what remains of a statue of former dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner, that was removed decades prior, from Victory Peace Monument on Lambare Hill in Asuncion, Paraguay, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
Rogelio Goiburu, the director of the National Memory Office, gives an interview in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. Goiburu's father, an opponent of the Stroessner dictatorship, went missing in 1977. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Pieces of a statue of dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner form part of a monument by late artist Carlos Colombino at Missing People's Square in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Rogelio Goiburu, the director of the Memory and Reparation Office in Paraguay's Justice Ministry, speaks during a meeting to prepare for Democracy Day celebrations, at Missing Square in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Goiburu's father, an opponent of the Stroessner dictatorship, went missing in 1977. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Federico Tatter holds a photo of his father, who was detained and disappeared in Argentina in 1976 during Paraguay's Stroessner dictatorship, during an interview at the Military Academy in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Federico Tatter, whose father was detained and disappeared in Argentina in 1976 during Paraguay's Stroessner dictatorship, gives an interview at his home in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
FILE - Half-buried skeletal remains poke out of the Specialized Anti-Riot Group barracks of the National Police in Asuncion, Paraguay, November 9, 2011. (AP photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
Rosa Maria Ortiz gives an interview in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. Ortiz said she used to visit the city's main detention center to see who was being held and would lie to the chief officer that the bishop had sent her. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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FILE - Rogelio Goiburu, a member of Paraguay's Truth and Justice Commission, looks at skeletal remains found buried as they are excavated at the National Police Special Forces headquarters in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 19, 2013. Goiburu's father, an opponent of the Stroessner dictatorship, went missing in 1977. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)