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Azucena Villaflor

Argentine activist (1924–1977)

Azucena Villaflor

Villaflor in the 1970s

Born(1924-04-07)7 April 1924

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Disappeared10 December 1977 (aged 53)
Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Body discovered20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)
OccupationActivist
SpousePedro De Vincenti
Children4

Azucena Villaflor (7 April 1924 – 10 December 1977) was an Argentine activist and one of the founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a human rights organisation which looks for the victims of enforced disappearances during Argentina's Dirty War.

Personal life

Villaflor was born into a lower-class family to Florentino Villaflor, a 21-year-old wool factory worker, and his 15-year-old wife, Emma Nitz. Villaflor's paternal family had a history of involvement in militant Peronism.[1][2]

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