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Plaza de Mayo Grandmother Meets Parents of 43 Missing Mexicans
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Argentine activist Estela de Carlotto expresses regret that such things happen even under “constitutional governments.”
Estela de Carlotto (L), president of the Argentine human rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza of May), addresses the media while sitting next to family members of the missing 43 students, in Mexico City November 30, 2014. (Photo: Reuters)
Estela de Carlotto, the leader and founder of the Argentine human rights group Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, met privately this Sunday in Mexico City with parents of the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students.
After the meeting, de Carlotto, who earlier this year found her grandson after 36 years of his disappearance, expressed support for the relatives of the missing students and regretted that such things occur even under “constitutional governments.”
“The ‘They took them alive, we want them alive’ slogan is a fair claim that everybody must maintain. We defended that claim for years; it is a correct political stance,” said de Carlotto during a press conference.
On the night of September 26, Iguala police shot at several buses be used by the Ayotzinapa students, killing three of them and three civilians. According to authorities, the police then “arrested” 43 students and handed them over to the ‘Guerreros Unidos’ or United Warriors drug gang.
According to Mexico’s Attorney General, the gang is controlled by the former mayor of Iguala and his wife, who were arrested by police in Mexico City, where they were hiding. They are accused of being the masterminds behind the violent incidents of September 26 and early morning the following day.
“She told us is that we have to be strong; she also told us how she has gone through a similar situation and I think that is why she understands us better,” said Hilda Hernandez, mother of Cesar Manuel Gonzalez, one of the missing students. “She asked us not to give up and we are going to listen to her. We will not be quiet.”
Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo was created after the Argentine army took the power in a 1976 coup. Hundreds of activists and opposition members were illegally arrested and disappeared by the army during the dictatorship.
Detained activists who were pregnant or had babies were disappeared and their sons were handed over to other families.
Since then, Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo has located 115 missing grandchildren. This year, Guido Carlotto, grandson of Estela de Carlotto, was located by the group and reunited with her grandmother.
Estela de Carlotto, the leader and founder of the Argentine human rights group Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, met privately this Sunday in Mexico City with parents of the missing 43 Ayotzinapa students.
After the meeting, de Carlotto, who earlier this year found her grandson after 36 years of his disappearance, expressed support for the relatives of the missing students and regretted that such things occur even under “constitutional governments.”
“The ‘They took them alive, we want them alive’ slogan is a fair claim that everybody must maintain. We defended that claim for years; it is a correct political stance,” said de Carlotto during a press conference.
On the night of September 26, Iguala police shot at several buses be used by the Ayotzinapa students, killing three of them and three civilians. According to authorities, the police then “arrested” 43 students and handed them over to the ‘Guerreros Unidos’ or United Warriors drug gang.
According to Mexico’s Attorney General, the gang is controlled by the former mayor of Iguala and his wife, who were arrested by police in Mexico City, where they were hiding. They are accused of being the masterminds behind the violent incidents of September 26 and early morning the following day.
“She told us is that we have to be strong; she also told us how she has gone through a similar situation and I think that is why she understands us better,” said Hilda Hernandez, mother of Cesar Manuel Gonzalez, one of the missing students. “She asked us not to give up and we are going to listen to her. We will not be quiet.”
Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo was created after the Argentine army took the power in a 1976 coup. Hundreds of activists and opposition members were illegally arrested and disappeared by the army during the dictatorship.
Detained activists who were pregnant or had babies were disappeared and their sons were handed over to other families.
Since then, Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo has located 115 missing grandchildren. This year, Guido Carlotto, grandson of Estela de Carlotto, was located by the group and reunited with her grandmother.
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