The family of the late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco will take charge of his remains after Spain's government has them exhumed from a mausoleum, his relatives said Saturday. "Of course we will take charge of the remains of my grandfather," Franco's grandson, Francis Franco, told Spanish newspaper La Razon in an interview published Saturday. Franco led a right-wing uprising that ignited Spain's bloody 1936-1939 civil war and deposed Spain's democratic government. His grandson says the family will decide in the next 15 days where the remains will reside next. Supporters of the decision see it as a necessary step for the country to finally acknowledge and heal the scars left by Franco's uprising and his authoritarian regime.

Source: ABC News August 25, 2018 11:52 UTC