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During the Israeli [[Mossad]] operation in May 1960 to capture [[Adolf Eichmann]] in [[Argentina]], operatives located Mengele's apartment, and at one point, knew he was home on a specific day.  At the time, though, Eichmann was in a safe house inside Argentina, and the [[Mossad]] decided it would be unsafe to attempt a second operation.  After Eichmann was taken out of the country, [[Mossad]] agents tried to locate Mengele, but he had already escaped to [[Paraguay]].<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080902/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_mengele;_ylt=AnNm4NTiMRGDB9xl2rO8T9gDW7oF Israeli Mossad let Nazi Mengele get away]</ref> He latter fled to [[Brazil]] where he drowned anonymously due to a stroke while swimming. His bones were identified in 1985, and a DNA test confirmed his identity in 1992.<ref>[http://reporterdecristo.com/conheca-a-triste-historia-de-josef-mengele-oficial-medico-chefe-da-principal-enfermaria-do-campo-de-birkenau/ Mengele history, in Portuguese (includes some images with extreme graphical violence)], site reporterdecrito.com (Christ reporter, a Roman Catholic site)</ref>

During the Israeli [[Mossad]] operation in May 1960 to capture [[Adolf Eichmann]] in [[Argentina]], operatives located Mengele's apartment, and at one point, knew he was home on a specific day.  At the time, though, Eichmann was in a safe house inside Argentina, and the [[Mossad]] decided it would be unsafe to attempt a second operation.  After Eichmann was taken out of the country, [[Mossad]] agents tried to locate Mengele, but he had already escaped to [[Paraguay]].<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080902/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_mengele;_ylt=AnNm4NTiMRGDB9xl2rO8T9gDW7oF Israeli Mossad let Nazi Mengele get away]</ref> He latter fled to [[Brazil]] where he drowned anonymously due to a stroke while swimming. His bones were identified in 1985, and a DNA test confirmed his identity in 1992.<ref>[http://reporterdecristo.com/conheca-a-triste-historia-de-josef-mengele-oficial-medico-chefe-da-principal-enfermaria-do-campo-de-birkenau/ Mengele history, in Portuguese (includes some images with extreme graphical violence)], site reporterdecrito.com (Christ reporter, a Roman Catholic site)</ref>

In 1975 a widely publicized story that Mengele had drowned in 1969 while suffering a stroke while swimming had been publicized. However, in the absence of body being produced to confirm identification, others remained skeptical. A 1978 [[Hollywood]] film. ''The Boys from Brazil'' was produced that insisted Mengele was still alive. In the film, Mengele is killed at the end by vicious attack dogs. Then in 1982, a grave was exhumed in [[Brazil]] and reports emerged that Mengele's body had been located. The cause of death was reported as drowning while suffering a stroke in 1979, not 1969 as had been reported in 1975. DNA testing in 1992 confirmed the remains were indeed Mengele.

In 1975 a widely publicized story that Mengele had drowned in 1969 while suffering a stroke while swimming had been publicized. However, in the absence of body being produced to confirm identification, others remained skeptical. A 1978 [[Hollywood]] film, ''The Boys from Brazil'' was produced that insisted Mengele was still alive. In the film, Mengele is killed at the end by vicious attack dogs. Then in 1982, a grave was exhumed in [[Brazil]] and reports emerged that Mengele's body had been located. The cause of death was reported as drowning while suffering a stroke in 1979, not 1969 as had been reported in 1975. DNA testing in 1992 confirmed the remains were indeed Mengele.

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