In this CNN article we learn about the reunification of a Chilean woman with her twin daughters after 45 years apart.

Maria Veronica Soto had her daughters stolen from her when they were 8 months old. The baby girls were adopted in Italy.

According to Chilean officials this was not unusual; during the Pinochet dictatorship (1973 to 1990), “thousands of babies were stolen from their biological mothers and sold into adoption”.

These Children of Silence were adopted by couples primarily in the US and Europe.

https://us.cnn.com/2025/09/16/americas/chile-stolen-twins-mother-reunion-intl-latam