News of missing

Two days of national mourning for Bibas brothers in Argentina

21-02-2025 14:00 President Javier Milei calls for two days of national mourning in honour of the Argentine Israeli Bibas boys, whose bodies were released Thursday by Hamas.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo announce discovery of 'grandchild number 139'

21-01-2025 12:26 Human rights group announces press conference at the Casa de la Identidad to reveal details of latest discovery.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Abuelas announce discovery of 138th child taken by dictatorship

27-12-2024 20:50 Human rights group Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo confirms they have found the 138th missing grandchild snatched by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Two months since Loan disappeared – how the case continues

14-08-2024 12:11 Seven people remain in jail accused of a link to the boy’s abduction, while Judge Cristina Penzo hears key testimony from the boy’s relative.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo warns of move to shutter investigative unit

30-06-2024 17:54 Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo accuses government of seeking to shutter body dedicated to identifying and locating missing grandchildren.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Aunt of missing five-year-old child Loan testifies he was ‘run over’

29-06-2024 15:23 Confession delivers unexpected twist in missing child case; Loan Danilo Peña, last seen two weeks ago, was “run over” by ex-Navy officer Carlos Pérez and ex-municipal employee María Victoria Caillava, says aunt; Police believe body may have been buried in cover-up.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘All available resources’ deployed in search for find missing five-year-old

27-06-2024 18:14 Unsuccessful search for Loan Danilo Peña in Corrientes Province amid suspicions of child-trafficking; “Culprits” will pay, declares Patricia Bullrich as lead suspects are moved to jails in Salta and Chaco; President Milei meets Security minister for update on search.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Milei dispatches security minister amid furore for missing child

25-06-2024 22:59 Patricia Bullrich announces national government will lead the search and investigation for Loan Danilo Peña, the five-year-old boy who went missing 12 days ago in Corrientes Province.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Security minister travels to Paraguay as Argentina hunts for missing five-year-old

24-06-2024 16:59 The Security minister will travel to the neighbouring country on Tuesday. The detainees will be charged with human trafficking. Loan Danilo Peña, aged 5, was last seen on Thursday 13 in the town of 9 de Julio, Corrientes.

SAN JUAN PROVINCE

Body found in search for German tourist who went missing in western Argentina

27-05-2024 15:39 Nineteen-year-old Julia Horn was last seen on May 23 when she was out trekking at Cerro Tres Marías in San Juan; Provincial authorities confirm discovery of body but are awaiting confirmation from autopsy, family.

HUMAN RIGHTS IN COLOMBIA

Buried clothes, bones and DNA help identify Colombia's missing

14-03-2024 12:42 Across Colombia, efforts have intensified to find, exhume, and identify those who have gone missing during the country's six decades of armed conflict.

ANA LLOBET INTERVIEW

‘We need the public’ – NGO on search for Argentina’s 100 missing children

22-07-2023 06:23 More than 100 kids are being sought across the country, reveals Ana Llobet, president of the Missing Children Argentina NGO. “Many more are lost than those denounced," she assures, expressing particular concern about individuals that disappeared years ago and whose cases remain unsolved.

by Anabella Gonzalez