{"id":178064,"date":"2026-01-09T08:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=178064"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:46:34","slug":"disgraced-vet-removed-from-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=178064","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced Vet Removed from Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178066 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FtSamHouston.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FtSamHouston.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FtSamHouston.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Body of Texas veteran suspected of killing as many as six women to be exhumed from his military grave<\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Fernando Cota, who was convicted of rape in 1975 and released in 1983, took his own life and was buried at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio<\/em><br \/>\nMike Bedigan <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The body of a Texas war veteran suspected of killing as many as six people will be exhumed from his military grave.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando Cota, who was convicted of rape in 1975 and released in 1983, took his own life and was buried at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Prompted by a campaign launched by the son of one of the victims, a new bill was introduced by Texas Senator John Cornyn and cosponsored by Senator Ted Cruz, which will see the Cota\u2019s body disinterred.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was signed into law late last month as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery is a sacred resting place for more than 170,000 respected veterans and their loved ones, and it would be a slap in the face to each one of them to allow Fernando Cota, a convicted rapist and alleged serial murderer, to remain buried amongst such heroes,&#8221; Cornyn said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This law rightfully directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to disinter Cota\u2019s remains from Fort Sam Houston to be in-keeping with current law and deliver justice for victims\u2019 families.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/crime\/texas-veteran-body-exhumed-murders-b2897020.html\">The Independent<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time to find a more suitable location for Mr. Cota&#8217;s earthly remains. San Antonio&#8217;s landfill is convenient and already filled with garbage. Thanks to a Usual Suspect for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery Body of Texas veteran suspected of killing as many as six women to be exhumed from his military grave Fernando Cota, who was convicted of rape in 1975 and released in 1983, took his own life and was buried at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio Mike [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":178066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[406,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guest-link","category-the-warrior-code"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FtSamHouston.jpg?fit=450%2C256&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-Kk0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/178066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}