The Morbid Afterlife of Juan Perón

Thirty-two years after his death, the remains of Argentina's icon will be moved for a third time — and a posthumous paternity suit will be settled. Now, his supporters want Evita moved, too.

There was a gut-wrenching moment for Argentina's Peronists last Friday morning as genetic experts descended into the stone tomb of the Per�n family in Buenos Aires, where they extracted bone samples from the remains of revered former President Juan Per�n. The purpose of disturbing his resting place was a DNA test to settle a long-standing paternity suit filed by a woman claiming to be his daughter.