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On trial for stolen babies military regime

For the first time medical staff will be tried in Argentina regarding the stolen babies during the military regime. A midwife and two doctors are charged with falsifying babies’ birth certificates. About 500 babies were stolen at birth during the 1976-83 military regime. They were given to other families that supported the regime. Biological parents were killed or disappeared. Prosecutors in Buenos Aires accuse the three of “providing essential assistance” to hide the babies’ identity and hand them over to sympathizers of the Argentine military government. The accused are now in their 80s. (more…)