Missing persons from Tumbaya: Victims of state terrorism | 1976-1983
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Disappeared persons, Human Rights, TumbayaSynopsis
Tumbaya is a small village in the Quebrada de Humahuaca with 526 inhabitants. Between August and December 1976, life in Tumbaya was disrupted by a series of repressive operations, kidnappings, and disappearances perpetrated by military and police forces. This publication is based on anthropological research and includes excerpts from interviews in which family members recount the detention and disappearance of their loved ones. It also incorporates testimonies from the Trial for Crimes Against Humanity/Tumbaya Case, as well as photographs and other documents belonging to the private archives of the families of these disappeared persons. Collective memories are constructed to sustain bonds, affections, and communities, but also to break the silences imposed by state violence, such as that experienced in Argentina since the 1970s.
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