Overview

• A 48-year-old Buenos Aires man has been identified as the 140th child abducted by the 1976–1983 military regime after an anonymous tip led to DNA confirmation with his sister.
• His mother, Graciela Alicia Romero, was held five months pregnant and killed after giving birth in a clandestine detention center, while his father and infant sister were also disappeared.
• Since 2021, the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo have used large-scale DNA campaigns to trace roughly 140 of an estimated 500 infants taken from political prisoners.
• President Javier Milei’s administration has closed the National Commission for the Right to Identity’s special unit, defunded the National Genetic Data Bank and dissolved military archives teams handling disappearances.
• This week the Grandmothers group petitioned European Union officials for funding and diplomatic support to expand DNA testing kits at Argentine consulates and locate the remaining missing grandchildren.