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| Argentina Plaza de Mayo group finds junta-era child | Argentina Plaza de Mayo group finds junta-era child |
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| An Argentine campaign group says it has found another child of political prisoners detained and killed under junta military rule in the 1970s. | An Argentine campaign group says it has found another child of political prisoners detained and killed under junta military rule in the 1970s. |
| The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo organisation says the total number of children it has found is now 116. | The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo organisation says the total number of children it has found is now 116. |
| The group's president, Estela Carlotto, said the young person they found was raised in the home of a doctor. | The group's president, Estela Carlotto, said the young person they found was raised in the home of a doctor. |
| The junta snatched hundreds of babies from their opponents and gave them to sympathisers to bring up. | The junta snatched hundreds of babies from their opponents and gave them to sympathisers to bring up. |
| The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo was formed to reunite biological parents and grandparents with hundreds of children born in prisons and torture centres. | The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo was formed to reunite biological parents and grandparents with hundreds of children born in prisons and torture centres. |
| The organisation said the parents of the "116th child" found were a student couple, named Hugo Alberto Castro and Ana Rubel. | The organisation said the parents of the "116th child" found were a student couple, named Hugo Alberto Castro and Ana Rubel. |
| They were kidnapped in 1977 and taken to the largest interrogation and torture centre in Argentina, the infamous naval training school, ESMA, which lies just outside Buenos Aires. | They were kidnapped in 1977 and taken to the largest interrogation and torture centre in Argentina, the infamous naval training school, ESMA, which lies just outside Buenos Aires. |
| In August, Ms Carlotto announced that she had found her own long-lost grandson. He was born in 1978 to Ms Carlotto's daughter, Laura, a young history student and political activist held by the military junta. | In August, Ms Carlotto announced that she had found her own long-lost grandson. He was born in 1978 to Ms Carlotto's daughter, Laura, a young history student and political activist held by the military junta. |
| Laura was killed in captivity two months later, one of 30,000 left-wing activists murdered during the 1976-1983 military rule. | Laura was killed in captivity two months later, one of 30,000 left-wing activists murdered during the 1976-1983 military rule. |
| Argentina's dictatorship | |
| 1976: General Jorge Videla seizes power - thousands of political opponents rounded up and killed | 1976: General Jorge Videla seizes power - thousands of political opponents rounded up and killed |
| 1982: Videla's successor, General Leopoldo Galtieri, orders invasion of British-held Falkland Islands | 1982: Videla's successor, General Leopoldo Galtieri, orders invasion of British-held Falkland Islands |
| 1983: Civilian rule returns to Argentina, investigations into rights abuses begin | 1983: Civilian rule returns to Argentina, investigations into rights abuses begin |
| 2010: Videla sentenced to life imprisonment for murders during his term in office | 2010: Videla sentenced to life imprisonment for murders during his term in office |
| 2012: Videla sentenced to 50 years for overseeing systematic theft of the babies of political prisoners | 2012: Videla sentenced to 50 years for overseeing systematic theft of the babies of political prisoners |