Argentina group identifies 130th person taken during dictatorship

[Judi Lynn]

Javier Matias Darroux Mijalchuk, taken when he was a baby, says ‘recovering my identity is homage to my parents’.

by Natalie Alcoba
5 hours ago



Javier Matias Darroux Mijalchuk holds an image of his father, next to the president of human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) Estela de Carlotto, and his uncle, Roberto Mijalchuk, during a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina [Agustin Marcarian/Reuters]

Buenos Aires, Argentina – With the cacophony of a press conference just concluded around him, Roberto Mijalchuk sat silently at a table in the heart of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, with a faraway look in his moist eyes.

He traced the edges of a sepia-toned photograph of his sister, Elena, one of Argentina’s “desaparecidos” (disappeared) by the military dictatorship and its ruthless “Dirty War”. To one side, sat her son, Javier Matias, his long-lost nephew. To the other, and all around him, were members of the human rights group Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, who helped bring them together.

It took four decades, but on Thursday, one more piece in Argentina’s long process of reconstruction fell into place.

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The disappeared
Human rights groups estimate as many as 30,000 people were killed, tortured, jailed or forcibly disappeared during what the military government called a “national process of reorganisation” from 1976 to 1983. Left-wing activists, political armed groups, journalists, clergy and beyond became “desaparecidos”, or “the disappeared”. Among them were around 500 children, known as the stolen babies of the dictatorship. Many were born to mothers held in captivity, and later clandestinely placed in pro-military families as their true relatives searched in vain.

More:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/argentina-group-identifies-130th-person-dictatorship-190613202509099.html

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[UpInArms]

1. We will never forget

Thank you for posting ...

I am so weary of the right wing criminals ...

They never stop ... and we must remain vigilant

[Judi Lynn]

2. You're right about that. We weren't prepared for them to slime back right after Watergate. n/t

[UpInArms]

3. The Nixon pardon was a criminal act

Against this country ... no one should be above the law