JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 12, 2026 – Brooke Army Medical Center personnel attending a Wreaths ...

Fernando Cota has spent more than 40 years buried in a national veterans' cemetery. But after the passing of a new law, the ...

Texas law mandates the exhumation of convicted rapist and suspected serial killer Fernando Cota from Fort Sam Houston ...

Fernando Cota, who was convicted of rape in 1975 and released in 1983, took his own life and was buried at the Fort Sam ...

The exhumation is the result of an online campaign by the son of one of the man's victims, which caught the attention of ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced that it awarded more than $77 million in grants during fiscal year 2025 ...

"Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery is a sacred resting place for more than 170,000 respected veterans and their loved ones, ...

The body of an alleged serial killer and convicted rapist buried in a Texas national cemetery will be exhumed. Fernando Cota, a Vietnam War veteran and a prime […] ...

Fernando Cota, a Vietnam War veteran and a prime suspect in the murder of six women, will be disinterred from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

New law orders removal of convicted rapist’s remains from Fort Sam Houston cemetery Federal legislation signed into law requires the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs to remove the remains of Fernando V.