LEONARDO FOSSATI ORTEGA
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Child born in captivity on 12/03/1977 |
Ines Beatriz Ortega & Ruben Leonardo Fossati Disappeared October 21st, 1977 |
Ines was born on February 15th, 1959 in the city of La Plata. Ruben was born on September 12th, 1955 in the same city. The young woman was a militant in the UES (Secondary Students Union) and Ruben was part of the JUP (Peronist University Youth). His friends used to call him “La Chancha” (The She Pig). The couple was kidnapped on January 21, 1977 on the streets of the town of Quimes in the Great Buenos Aires. Ines was seven months pregnant. They were both sighted in the 5th Police Detachment in the city of LaPlata and in the CCD (Clandestine Detention Centre) “Pozo de Arana”, The young woman was also observed at the Brigada de Investigaciones de La Plata (La Plata’s Investigation Brigade). Through surviving witnesses, it was known that Ines, on March 12th, 1977 gave birth to a baby boy in the kitchen of the 5th Police Detachment and gave him the name of Leonardo. The delivery was assisted by Dr. Jorge Antonio Berges, who was a police physician. The young mother could only spend five days with her child and then the guards told her that “El Coronel” (The Colonel) wanted to know the baby and that he would deliver Leonardo to his biological family.
On March of 2004 a young man with doubts about his identity and information which certified that he was not the son of the people who had raised him, reached out to “Filial La Plata de Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo” (La Plata Branch of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo). A little while later he approached the CONADI (Comision Nacional por el Derecho a la Identidad: National Commission for the Right to Identity) where the genetic testing was ordered through the BNDG (Banco Nacional de Datos Geneticos: National Bank of Genetic Data). The testing was completed during the month of November 2004 and on August 11th, 2004 the results confirmed that Leonardo was the son of Ines and Ruben.
His parents are still disappeared.
SEBASTIÁN ROSENFELD MARCUZZO
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Child born in captivity on 15/04/1978 |
Elizabeth Patricia Marcuzzo & Walter Claudio Rosenfeld: Disappeared between October 16th -20th, 1977 Elizabeth was three months pregnant |
Patricia was born in county Tigre in the north area of the Great Buenos Aires on August 28th, 1956. Her family used to call her “Patty”. Walter was born on May 21st, 1956 in the city of Buenos Aires. His family nicknamed him “Balter”. They both were militants in the Montoneros organization. Their comrades used to call her “Cristina” and he was called “Jorge”, “Willy” or “Elmer”. They were kidnapped sometime between October 16th or 20th 1977 in the city of Mar del Plata, Buenos aires Province. Patricia was three months pregnant at the time of the kidnapping. Survivor’s witness testimony made it known that they were both detained in the Base Naval de Buzos Tacticos de Mar del Plata (Navy Base of Tactical Divers in Mar del Plata) and then they were transferred to ESMA (Escuela de Mecanica de la Armada: Higher School of Mechanics of the Navy). Walter was also seen en the Clandestine Detention Centre “La Cacha”. On April 15, 1978 during her captivity at ESMA, Patricia gave birth to a baby boy, who she called Sebastian.
The child was given to the maternal grandmother by personnel from the security forces, but without making contact with the paternal side of the family who knew nothing about this. Walter’s family made a presentation to Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) for the disappearance of the child.
In 1983 the Mar del Plata Branch of Abuelas managed to locate the child. Sebastian continued living with the maternal grandmother but in close contact with his paternal family.
