Add Spain as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Spain news, video, and analysis from ABC News. A brief prayer was said in accordance with a request from Franco's family before the coffin was carried out of the mausoleum by some of his grandchildren. He said it was necessary now to begin the process of identifying the thousands of Franco's victims who were also buried at the mausoleum. The exhumation was finally authorized by the Supreme Court in September when it dismissed a months-long legal bid by Franco's family to stop it. The plan stemmed from amendments of the Historical Memory Law, which prohibited having Franco's remains in a public place that exalted him as a political figure.

Source: ABC News October 24, 2019 09:27 UTC