Argentina group IDs 121st person taken as baby

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Argentina group IDs 121st person taken as baby
Oct 5, 6:40 PM EDT



A woman holds an image of Ana Maria Lanzillotto, disappeared
during the country's former dictatorship, during a press
conference called by the human rights group Grandmothers of
Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, to
announce DNA tests have determined the identity of another
stolen baby. The man, whose identity has not yet been revealed,
is the son of Ana Maria Lanzillotto and Domingo Menna, both
kidnapped by dictatorship agents in 1976. The couple remains
disappeared. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)



BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- DNA tests have determined the identity of another person taken from parents by Argentina's former dictatorship, bringing the number of such cases to 121, a human rights group said Wednesday.

The identity of the man was not released. But the human rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo said he is the biological son of leftist activists Ana Maria Lanzillotto and Domingo Menna, who were taken away by dictatorship agents in 1976.

Lanzilloto was eight months pregnant at the time and gave birth in captivity. The couple has not been seen since.

Former military and police figures have been convicted of organizing the theft of babies from political prisoners who were detained and often executed.




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[Judi Lynn]

1. Argentine man finds brother stolen by military regime

Argentine man finds brother stolen by military regime

By AFP 4 hours ago .

The son of two leftist activists "disappeared" by Argentina's 1976-1983 military regime said Wednesday he would like to meet his long-lost brother, who was stolen at birth and recently found through DNA testing.

"We have 40 years of love to give you," Ramiro Menna, a 42-year-old teacher, told the brother he has never met.

He was speaking at a news conference at the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, an organization that works to find the estimated 500 babies stolen and illegally adopted during Argentina's right-wing dictatorship.

Menna was two years old when regime agents swooped on his family's home in July 1976 and detained his parents, Ana Maria Lanzillotto and Domingo Menna.


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