Human rights group identifies 133rd baby snatched from mother during Argentina's dictatorship
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DNA tests have confirmed the identity of a man who was taken from his mother as a baby during Argentina’s last military dictatorship, a human rights group said Friday, increasing the number of this type of case to 133.
Estela de Carlotto, president of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, said at a news conference that the man, whose name was not released, was abducted during the 1976-1983 dictatorship and was the child of political dissidents.
The man is the biological son of Cristina Navajas and Julio Santucho and the grandchild of Nélida Navajas, who was a member of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo and searched for him until her death in 2012.
The organization said the man had approached the group of his own accord, expressing doubts about his identity.
He was registered as the child of a member of the security forces and a nurse on March 24, 1977. A woman who was raised as his older sister told him that he was not the child of those who claimed to be his parents, the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo said in a statement.