Argentina: Father & son reunited 32 years after military kidnapped, killed imprisoned mother

Son stolen at birth 32 years ago meets father

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The search is finally over for a man whose pregnant wife was kidnapped by Argentine security forces 32 years ago.

Abel Pedro Madariaga says he never gave up trying to learn what happened to his wife and child, who was born in a clandestine torture center. The son also had doubts about his true identity. Taken from his mother before she was killed, the boy was raised in a military family where he says his adoptive father abused him.

The boy finally came to the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo rights group this month and took a DNA test. It showed that his blood father is none other than Madariaga, the group’s secretary.