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Mario Bravo, the 119th child abducted during the dictatorship that has recovered his identity (Photo via FM Renacer)
In addition, the biological mother of the recovered child is still alive, with the pair set to meet tomorrow in Buenos Aires after some 38 years apart.
The news filtered earlier today when Mario Bravo, who discovered his true identity last week, gave an interview to local radio station FM Renacer from his home town of Las Rosas, Santa Fe province.
Bravo was born while his mother was being held captive by the military in Tucumán, her home province. According to Bravo, who revealed that he has spoken several times with his mother by phone: “She was held for two years. By some miracle she recovered her freedom, but she was threatened and so couldn’t go looking for me.”
After living in fear for many years after the return to democracy, Bravo’s mother continued the search for her missing son via the Abuelas in 2007. He himself had been speaking to the Abuelas since February of this year, and after months of tests, the DNA results confirmed that the two were mother and son.
“I’m a father myself, and I don’t know if I’ve taken it all in yet,” said Bravo. “Tomorrow we will meet and I will know a lot more.
“I’m not sure whether there will be an official presentation, as she is reliving some very ugly things… they lived through atrocities.”
The Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo have schedule a press conference to tell the story of Mario Bravo for tomorrow at 4pm.
This article has been amended. The original version stated that it was “a historic first” that the recovered person’s biological mother was still alive, when it is in fact the sixth known case so far.
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