On December 29, 1989, the United Nations General Assembly condemned the U.S. invasion of Panama, considering it a flagrant violation of international law and of independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. In a recent statement, the December 20, 1989 Commission reported that through DNA, they managed to identify the remains of one of the victims of that invasion. This is Alejandro Antonio Hubbard Torrero, who was last seen by his mother on December 19, 1989, just before the events.
Hubbard Torrero's mother provided her DNA in 2018 to help in the search for her missing son. The Commission, established in 2016 to clarify the truth about the events of December 20, 1989, explained that the identification of the remains was made possible thanks to international legal assistance, particularly through the genetic analysis conducted by the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation.
The invasion of Panama carried out by the United States on December 20, 1989, aimed to capture General Manuel Antonio Noriega in a mission called "Operation Just Cause," which involved 26,000 soldiers and the use of sophisticated weaponry, and that left a number of victims still to be determined. The remains of Hubbard Torrero, recovered in exhumations carried out in 2020, remained unidentified for 35 years in grave 90 Bis of the Garden of Peace Cemetery in Panama City.
Alejandro Antonio Hubbard Torrero was a student at the Faculty of Law at the University of Panama. His parents, who passed away in 2022, dedicated their efforts to searching for their son since his disappearance in 1989.
