Resting place of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca may soon be known . Legal permission been granted permitting excavation of mass grave near Granada . Lorca killed in 1936 by General Franco 's forces during Spanish Civil War . Thousands of Spaniards killed in the civil war still thought to be in mass graves .
Resting place of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca may soon be known . Legal clearance been granted permitting exhumation of mass grave near Granada . Lorca executed in 1936 by General Franco 's forces during Spanish Civil War . Thousands of Spaniards killed in the civil war still thought to be in mass graves .