Families of Argentina’s ‘disappeared’ ask EU for help as president seeks to thwart searches

Women whose relatives were murdered and disappeared under Argentina’s military dictatorship will meet EU officials in Brussels on Monday to seek support for expanded DNA testing to identify missing children. A delegation from the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, a campaigning group, will denounce efforts by the far-right president, Javier Milei, to dismantle the search for missing persons. They will seek support for continuing their efforts to find the children of the disappeared who were illegally adopted, many of whom may be in Europe. The trip to Brussels follows an appeal for help last December from Estela de Carlotto, the 94-year-old founder of the Abuelas [grandmothers] group. Searching for grandchildren, for children of the disappeared, also means searching for European citizens.”Martín Moze, coordinator of the Abuelas in Barcelona, said: “We will continue our search throughout Europe.