Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo find 128th missing grandchild
Human rights group announces discovery of biological son of Rosario del Carmen Ramos who was kidnapped with brother Ismael in 1976 during the last military dictatorship.
The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo this morning announced that they had discovered the identity of the 128th missing grandchild of their long four-decade search.
The Abuelas said that the person is the biological son of Rosario del Carmen Ramos.
The man, Marcos Eduardo, was born on June 9, 1976 in Tucumán province in the north of Argentina, while his mother Rosario del Carmen Ramos was being illegally detained at the hands of the military.
“This is the restitution of 42 years of unexperienced love”, Marcos’ brother Camilo said during a press conference at the Abuelas’ headquarters in the capital. Marcos himself did not wish to participate in the press conference.
“We felt mixed emotions,” Camilo added. “We were a trio of brothers, we wanted to know what had happened to him straight away.”
He expressed his “infinite gratitud e”tot he Grandmothers for their search.
“The reunion was fabulous”, elder brother Ismael Suleiman said.
Ismael was kidnapped with his mother but escaped from the facility where she was being held.
A NEW DISCOVERY
The Grandmothers, formed in October 1977 and headed by Estela de Carlotto, have now identified 128 children who were snatched away, given new identities and handed to new families after their parents were killed by the 1976-1983 military junta.
The grandmothers, now aged in their 80s and over, lost either a son or a daughter to forced disappearances for opposing the military regime, and in many cases, their babies that were born in captivity.
They believe as many as 500 children were given up for adoption to relatives or associates of the regime.
Suleiman and Carlotto, who fronted yesterday’s press conference, displayed photographs at the event of Carmen Ramos, with her sons, before she disappeared at the hands of the military dictatorship.