- Title: Missing person case brings back painful memories of Argentina's disappeared
- Date: 11th August 2017
- Summary: DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP OF THE CENTRE FOR LEGAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES, GABRIELA KLETZEL, AND TWO WOMEN WALKING TO THE MARCH (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP OF THE CENTRE FOR LEGAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES, GABRIELA KLETZEL, SAYING: "Santiago disappeared Tuesday, March 1, in this context, where witnesses say they saw him escaping the persecution of the National Police. We're trying to get different measures of proof at the national level and we also are in contact with the national authorities. Since there hasn't been satisfactory answer that implied a true commitment to the search and appearance with life of Santiago Maldonado, on Saturday we appealed to the Committee Against Forced Disappearance and we asked the Committee to get involved and that they demand various measures from the state."
- 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: LVA0056TPQKOZ
- 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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