Argentines snatched as babies of Dirty War ‘disappeared’ grope for truth, real kin
Argentines snatched as babies of Dirty War disappeared grope for truth, real kin
AP
Jun 27, 2016
BUENOS AIRES Pedro Sandoval stopped celebrating Mothers Day, Fathers Day and even his own birthday after he found out the truth: The mom and dad he knew growing up had stolen him from his biological parents, who were kidnapped, tortured and never heard from again during Argentinas 1976-1983 military dictatorship.
Im still jealous of friends who can hug or get into arguments with their parents, said Sandoval, 38, alluding to the biological parents he never met. But Im also thankful that I could at least hug my grandfather and grandmother.
Four decades after the ruling military junta launched a systematic plan to steal babies born to political prisoners, Argentinas search for truth is increasingly focused on the 500 or so newborns whisked away and raised by surrogate families. Several hundred have yet to be accounted for.
This spring a visiting U.S. President Barack Obama and Argentine President Mauricio Macri announced, on the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought the junta to power, that Washington would open up a trove of U.S. intelligence files from Argentinas Dirty War era, when an estimated 30,000 people were killed or forcibly disappeared by the regime. It may take a few years for the documents to be released, but the news gave families hope for word on the fate of other stolen babies.
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