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Baby stolen during Argentina's military rule found after 48 years
BBC
2025
The Grandmothers of Plaza De Mayo is a human rights organisation founded in 1977 to locate children who were stolen during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in Argentina.
In this BBC article, Vanessa Buschschluter talks about the 140th baby the Grandmothers of Plaza De Mayo have located.
The man, whose name has not been given but instead who is referred to as “Grandchild 140”, was born while his mother, a political activist, was being held in detention. Graciela Romero and the man’s father, Raul Metz – also a political activist - were apparently both tortured while in detention before they were ‘disappeared’.
The couple’s daughter, Adriana, who was 1, was raised in kinship care. Both the Romero & Metz families looked for Graciela & Raul and their son for decades.
A recent DNA test confirmed Grandchild 140 as Adriana’s brother.
