La exhumación de cadáveres como aporte a procesos ministeriales y judiciales en el Cementerio Municipal de la ciudad de Riobamba

This scientific article reflects the results of a research whose general objective was to characterize the conditions or circumstances under which an exhumation is approved and executed. The empirical context in which the study was focused was the Municipal Cemetery of Riobamba. Methodologically, the study is oriented towards a mixed approach because it collects, analyzes, and pours quantitative and qualitative data, adopting the characteristics of observational, cross-sectional and analytical research. As research techniques, documentary analysis was used, applied to the files of the exhumations occurred in the years 2018 and 2020 in the referenced cemetery and, a questionnaire with closed questions applied to the people who work in the department in charge of exhumations was also used. Everything allows concluding that, among the most important findings of the research, it was possible to evidence a certain lack of knowledge of the standardized protocols for judicial exhumations, although, from the positive point of view, it was found an integral observation of the biosecurity norms and the willingness of the workers to update their knowledge regarding the subject studied.