The works of the V Graves Plan in the old cemetery of Figueretes, in Ibiza, will be extended until May or June 2026, as announced Tuesday by the Directorate General of Institutional Relations and the Parliament on the occasion of the start of the excavation of the first grave of this new phase. The intervention has been awarded to the joint venture formed by the Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi and ATICS SL, which will have a budget of almost 842,000 euros and a completion period of 24 months.
The action constitutes the fourth phase of excavations in this cemetery, where three victims were already identified during 2024. Between 2018 and 2022, three previous archaeological campaigns confirmed the presence of remains of reprisals, which is why, as explained by the head of the excavation, Almudena García, it has been decided to continue with the investigation to locate more people who disappeared during the Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship.
The V Graves Plan of the Balearic Islands foresees interventions in 12 locations distributed among Mallorca (eight), Ibiza (one) and Formentera (three). The project is divided into two lots: the first covers the excavation, exhumation and identification of victims, and the second focuses on the restoration, conservation and documentation of materials recovered from graves exhumed in previous plans.
