Argentina identifies 12 desaparecidos at La Perla, reopening a national wound
TL;DR
At La Perla in Córdoba, investigators identified the remains of 12 victims—including Mario Nívoli—disappeared during the 1970s dictatorship, with genetics linking fragmentary bones to relatives; the findings renew Argentina’s painful memories of state terror, spark debate over memory and archives under President Milei, and suggest more identifications may come as searches continue.
- Fate of Argentina’s disappeared remains ‘open wound’ as more victims identified The Guardian
- President Milei Is Rebranding the Atrocities of Argentina’s Dictatorship The New York Times
- Argentina's 'Dirty War' still on trial 50 years later DW.com
- 50 years after Argentina’s bloody coup, families still search for and bury the disappeared AP News
- The 1976 coup wasn’t unprecedented. What followed made it a turning point Buenos Aires Herald
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