The key witness in the trial of Miguel Etchecolatz repressor disappeared by 18 September. With an artistic journey and a march through the center of the city called for clarification. "We fight against impunity of yesterday and today," said
On September 17, 2006 was the last day that the family of Jorge Julio Lopez enjoyed her company. The next morning he disappeared, and so far there is no news about him.
Four years after the second disappearance of a key witness in the trial of Miguel Etchecolatz, several groups complained about their live appearance and trial and punishment for those guilty of the act. Mar del Plata
was not alien to the memory and struggle, so yesterday afternoon the local Regional CHILDREN Association National Network and Multi-Sectoral Working Committee held a day prior art to march in the streets inner city, through the Oral Tribunal where they are conducting trials in the cause Naval Base.
"Today is a very motivating, and are four years after the disappearance of Jorge Julio Lopez, no news about him and urge the national government to reappear alive and trial and punishment of the guilty," said Marcelo Canete HIJOS
rememberaddition to Lopez, the organizers noted that the act was also performed with the slogan of not forgetting The Night of the Pencils, who last met Thursday 16 34, Silvia Suppo, a witness in a trial by military murdered six months ago in the province Santa Fe and without fault, and "missing partners" in the Naval Base: Lazzeri, Iorio and Retegui.
The order of justice, punishment and do not forget the slogan of the acts committed during the military governments during the dictatorship was the axis that went through all activities. On a stage set on Luro Mitre Avenue, playwrights and musicians gave color to a claim that has over three decades and continues to add events. The theater group Locomún, murga Bacan, Pitu Farias, the duo Karma and La Trova were the numbers that preceded the march through the city center. In Luro and Santiago del Estero, the march stopped in front of the Court to call for progress in the prosecution of crimes against humanity and remind the 30 000 missing.
"We Julio López is the missing 30,001. Adding to the many others who are no longer with us, including many artists who remember a day like today, "said Carlos Ferreyra, director of the theater group Locomún.
in the day yesterday also reminded the demise of the marriage of Tristan and Delia Roldan Omar Garaguso and spread the trial that is carried forward in the cause Naval Base, to make known what is meant by "really the murder of Julio Lopez and murder of Silvia Suppo, witnesses in criminal against soldiers, "Vattimo completed Rocío León,
CHILDREN DISAPPEAR IN DEMOCRACY
Jorge Lopez was kidnapped on October 21, 1976 until June 25, 1979. Years later, with the restoration of democracy, the courts began to prosecute all those involved in crimes against humanity committed during the military period. Among the defendants was Miguel Etchecolatz. Lopez was a prosecutor in the case and considered a key witness because his statements involving many military and police.
Despite the elapsed time and within the framework of the trials involved in the torture and disappearance of more than 30,000 people, Julio Lopez disappeared without trace on September 18, 2006, in La Plata.
"We understand that surround the issue of solidarity with the witnesses in Mar del Plata and in all parts of the country is of vital importance. We do not want to spend the silence that was built around Jorge Julio Lopez, "said Gerardo Ordoñez (PTS) and added:" The fact that both Lopez and Suppo stories have become prosecution for genocide is what makes them more vulnerable to the forces. "
Meanwhile, Ferreyro said: "From today the dictatorship, repression remains very large. Today is pursued popular fighters, more than four thousand having open because these are the very reasons why today we have 30 000 missing, they were fighters. It was time to fight for this impunity both yesterday and today. "
THESE BUTTERFLIES
At the foot of the stage and in the sight of all these three butterflies accompanied each of the artistic representations of the afternoon yesterday. This was the way the Mar del Plata CHILDREN Association chose to keep alive the memory and the demand for justice for Lazzeri Emilia Patricia (Pato), Liliana Iorio (Tana) and Liliana Beatriz Retegui (Lilianita), three young activists in the Peronist Youth University disappeared on September 19, 1976.
That morning the students were gathered in an apartment on Calle Don Bosco, along with other friends, but the tranquility of the moment was interrupted by a group of men who were kidnapped.
Only two of the girls who were on that night were released and years after their testimonies confirmed that the final destination of the friends had been the Naval Base.
butterflies initiative stems from the name given to political activists opposed to the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime. "Today Pato Tana and Lilianita are our Butterflies and symbolize them to all men and women victims of the systematic extermination conducted during the last military regime, said from CHILDREN