Argentina identifies 140th ‘stolen grandchild’ nearly five decades on

A 48-year-old man born in a secret detention centre under Argentina’s 1976–1983 military dictatorship has become the 140th person to recover his true identity through DNA testing. Rights group Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo spent decades tracing babies taken from political prisoners and raised under false identities.

Jul 8, 2025 - 15:00
Argentina identifies 140th ‘stolen grandchild’ nearly five decades on
A 48-year-old man born in a secret detention centre under Argentina’s 1976–1983 military dictatorship has become the 140th person to recover his true identity through DNA testing. Rights group Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo spent decades tracing babies taken from political prisoners and raised under false identities.