The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Félix Bolaños, has met with the directors and workers of the Institutes of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (IML-CF) of the Ministry’s territory who have been sent to Valencia to provide support in the removal of bodies, transfer to the morgue, autopsy and taking of samples, data integration centre and handover to relatives.

The Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, Félix Bolaños, during the videoconference meeting.

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Bolaños thanks the work of the forensic doctors and autopsy technicians for their work in the areas affected by the DANA

In total, from 30 October to 7 November, the IML-CFs of Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y León, Extremadura and Murcia have mobilised a total of 53 personnel, 45 forensic experts and 8 technicians, and have made available a further 100 public workers. This has meant that, together with the IML-CF teams from Valencia and other autonomous communities, 100% of the corpses that entered the morgue could be autopsied.

During the meeting, held by videoconference, the Minister thanked, on behalf of the President of the Government and himself, the rapid response and coordination of all the IML-CFs, the hard work of the people who travelled, the willingness of those who volunteered and the support of all the personnel who provided assistance from a distance and also those who acted in the cases at the scene.

Bolaños highlighted the public service vocation of all of them, and his admiration for the intervention they carry out in such difficult moments, from an individual and collective point of view.
The meeting was also attended by José Mª Montero Juanes, director of the IMLCF in Cáceres, Carlos Lozano Zafra, forensic doctor, Disney Indie Broadbridge, autopsy technician, and Marta Grijalba, forensic doctor and coordinator of the IML-CF of the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts in charge of supporting the coordination of all the IML-CFs in the country.
All of them have highlighted the good functioning of the National Protocol for Forensic Medical and Scientific Police action in incidents with multiple victims, approved in 2009, which has allowed information to be transmitted quickly and efficiently among all the professionals involved in these processes. As well as the existing coordination between all the IML-CFs, which has allowed the ministry to carry out detailed, real-time monitoring of the work carried out.