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Mercedes Doretti has dedicated her life to searching for victims of war and state violence.
She formed the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, which has carried out exhumations in more than 30 countries.

In 2018, Mercedes gave evidence in the trial of army officers accused of killing some 1,000 people in El Salvador. Her team uncovered evidence at the site of the El Mozote massacre in December 1981. 
She spoke to Witness History about the challenges of her harrowing work.

Photo: Digging at the site of a mass grave (Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team)