There could be hundreds, even thousands of cases of babies who were either stolen from their biological parents or given away during the dreaded dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s and 1980s, according to multiple interviews with Chilean authorities, people with knowledge of the issue and parents still looking for their children. The disappearances occurred in the upper classes of Chilean society, where children of unmarried women were given up or taken to protect a familys reputation and honor. And they occurred in the lower classes, where children were simply stolen and sold.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 15:41:50 +0000
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