Argentina's Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo locate 125th missing grandchild

[sandensea]

The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, the Buenos Aires-based human rights group founded by parents of dissidents who disappeared in Argentina in the 1970s and whose infants were abducted, announced the discovery of the 125th missing grandchild.

"We have the immense joy of announcing the restitution of the daughter of Lucía Rosalinda Victoria Tartaglia," the president of the Grandmothers, Estela Barnes de Carlotto, said.

Lucía Tartaglia, a law student at the University of La Plata, was kidnapped on November 27, 1977, at the age of 24. She developed a relationship with a fellow political prisoner, Horacio Cid de La Paz, and became pregnant a few months later.

Tartaglia gave birth in a military hospital in January 1979, and was murdered shortly afterward.

Her child's identity, who has not yet been revealed, was established through Argentina's National Genetic Data Bank for Relatives of Disappeared Children, created in 1987 on an initiative from the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo.

This discovery marks the 125th such grandchild to have their true identity restored since the Grandmothers were founded at the height of the Dirty War in 1977.

An estimated 500 children were either kidnapped or seized at birth from women in detention by the country's last dictatorship. The vast majority were given or sold to adoptive parents, most of whom were regime officials or wealthy supporters.

Former Deputy Police Commissioner Samuel Miara and fourteen other officers were convicted in 2011 for their roles in this and other disappearances. According to declassified dictatorship records, at least 22,000 dissidents were held in 300 detention camps and killed between 1975 and 1979.

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Lucía Tartaglia, 1953-1979.

[delisen]

1. The murder of a 24 year old, stealing of her child

She was kept alive only to harvest the child to. be raised by other authoritarians.

Would our American authoritarians do this if they have the opportunity?

[sandensea]

2. Sure. A lot of them no doubt would.

During the Dirty War itself, most right-wing media outlets were very supportive of the Argentine dictatorship; the business rags and Life magazine were probably the worst.

Only recently, Joe Arpaio was interviewed by an Argentine correspondent. Arpaio brought up the Dirty War and spoke approvingly of it, adding that " it's a good thing it happened, since it would have been a shame to have the Commies take over (there was never the slightest chance of that) and cause us to miss out on your great beef and wines."

It's not hard to read between the lives as to what he'd do if someone like Cheeto gave him the chance.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Unbearable cruelty. People without conscience.

Sandensea, I saw your Arpaio comment regarding "commies" in Argentina. A vast number of people were tortured and murdered who were merely suspected of being leftists, commies, sympathizers, too.

You bet there are many here right now who would drop everything and get busy with their own terror campaigns against Democrats, people of other nationalities, etc. if they EVER got the assurance their right-wing government wouldn't imprison them. We know how right-wing governments go as soon as they think they've got enough power to pull it off.

The power is stolen when fascists worm their way into positions which allow them to control police and military to enforce their dirty need to kill everyone who could stop them before plundering the countries and socializing the profits with their closest evil pals.

Rest in peace, Lucía Tartaglia. Your peace is so well-deserved.

[sandensea]

4. Absolutely. I suspect many in the Trump regime would if they could.

And many of his deplorables would applaud them or, like many Argentines did at the time, go out of their way to rationalize it.

Even 40 years on, as you know, many in fact still do - as Macri did when he referred to human rights as a 'scam'.

Thanks as always for your thoughtful insight, Judi. Have a good weekend!