- Title: Missing person case brings back painful memories of Argentina's disappeared
- Date: 11th August 2017
- Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AUGUST 11, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP OF THE CENTRE FOR LEGAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES, GABRIELA KLETZEL, SAYING: "On Monday, the Committee notified us that they had managed to get urgent action taken and had called for an exhaustive and full search for Santiago Maldonado. They asked that it be separated from the National Police and that any piece of evidence be preserved that could relate to Santiago's whereabouts or with the investigation into those responsible." MARCHERS WITH BANNER READING "THEY TOOK HIM ALIVE, WE WANT HIM ALIVE" MARCHERS WALKING DOWN AVENIDA DE MAYO MARCHERS HOLDING AND WEARING SIGNS WITH MALDONADO'S FACE READING "WHERE IS SANTIAGO MALDONADO?"
- Embargoed: 25th August 2017 23:57
- Keywords: Argentina disappeared Santiago Maldonado Mapuche Benetton Mauricio Macri Cristina Fernandez
- Location: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- City: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
- Country: Argentina
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA0076TPQKOZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A missing person case has stirred up painful memories in Argentina as family and friends of Santiago Maldonado claim he was 'disappeared' by security forces after protesting the treatment of indigenous people in Patagonia.
Santiago Maldonado, who had travelled to Argentina's far south to protest the eviction of an indigenous group from lands owned by Italian clothing company, Benetton, was reportedly arrested by security forces for blocking a road on August 1. He has not been seen since.
Argentina's government offered a $27,000 dollar reward for information on Maldonado after the United Nations called for the government to act on the case.
Maldonado's case has gripped Argentina, which decades later is still working to identify victims of the country's 'Dirty War,' when a military junta ruled the country and routinely murdered dissenters.
Cristina Fernandez, a former president and current candidate for Senate, raised the profile of the case when she tweeted on Sunday (August 6) that "Santiago should appear and should appear alive." And on Friday (August 11) thousands of people joined a march in Buenos Aires to demand Maldonado's return. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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