The creation of a government commission to search for at least 14 children thought to have been born to alleged victims of forced disappearance has given relatives newfound optimism.
Roberto Martinez shows a picture of his sister Lourdes, who disappeared aged 23 in 1974 in Culiacan in northwest Mexico Decades after his sister disappeared during the political repression of Mexico's "Dirty War," Roberto Martinez hopes to finally meet the child he believes she gave birth to while held captive.
She was a member of the September 23 Communist League, a guerrilla group that fought the Institutional Revolutionary Party , which ruled the country as a one-party state for seven decades."Two people from our family disappeared," the 65-year-old retired teacher said, fighting back tears. "I'd like to tell everyone who was possibly born in the same circumstances how much their mothers gave for this country," he added.The commission will review official files and testimonies of survivors in an attempt to locate the missing.
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