From Buenos Aires Herald · Martina Jaureguy · · 1m 30s
Elsa Pavón dies at 90 after recovering stolen grandchild
First Grandmother of Plaza de Mayo recovers stolen grandchild, dies at 90.
In brief
First Grandmother of Plaza de Mayo recovers stolen grandchild, dies at 90. Elsa Pavón, who recovered a stolen grandchild during Argentina’s military dictatorship, died at 90. Originally reported by Buenos Aires Herald.
Elsa Pavón dies
Elsa Pavón, the first member of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo to recover a grandchild stolen during Argentina’s last military dictatorship, died Thursday at 90.
Co-founder of Grandmothers
Pavón was one of the co-founders of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, a group of women, mothers of victims of the dictatorship, who have been searching for their grandchildren, stolen by the military regime…
President of Anahí Association
She was also president of the Anahí Association, a human rights organization she co-founded in 1996 alongside fellow Grandmother María Isabel "Chicha" Chorobik de Mariani.
First grandchild recovered
In 1983, the year the dictatorship ended, the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo received reports that a 7-year-old child being raised by a police officer named Rubén Lavallén and his wife might be a stolen…
Genetic testing confirms identity
Confirmation that the child was Paula came in late 1984. Her identity was established using a pioneering genetic testing technique that relied on blood samples from her grandmother, since her parents, the closest genetic matches…
Paula raised by Pavón
Paula then moved in with Pavón, who raised her while continuing the search for Mónica, Claudio, and their baby.
The short version
Elsa Pavón, who recovered a stolen grandchild during Argentina’s military dictatorship, died at 90.
