DNA tests have confirmed that a man was taken from his mother as a baby during Argentina's dictatorship, a human rights group said, increasing the number of this type of case to 131.
Estela de Carlotto, president of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo,that the man, whose name was not released, was determined to be the biological son of Lucía Ángela Nadín and Aldo Hugo Quevedo.
Estela de Carlotto, who heads Abuelas, hugs other activists at their offices at the former torture center ESMA in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 22, 2022. Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo announced the identification of a new grandson -number 131, who was taken from his mother as a newborn during the last military dictatorship.During the bloody 1976-1983 dictatorship, military officials carried out the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners who were often executed without a trace.
Following a judicial investigation, a man who was suspected of being the child of disappeared parents was located in September 2022. He agreed to carry out a genetic study and his identity was confirmed Wednesday as the son of Nadín and Quevedo, de Carlotto said.
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