One of the members of the historical human rights association, Madres de Plaza de Mayo, was assaulted, threatened and violently beaten by criminals who entered her house in La Plata last Saturday night.
Nora Centeno, 78, was assaulted in her own home by three intruders who beat her with a gun stock and subsequently fled after ransacking her money, jewelry and some personal items.
“They stayed like an hour in my house and I was tortured. It was not a casual assault,” said the victim, who is still in state of shock.
Nora Centeno is the mother of a desaparecido who went missing in 1976 during the last military dictatorship. Centeno said that the attack is thought to be politically motivated. She only reported it to the police three days later because she wanted to uncover the identity of “the people behind the attack.”
According to the victim, three burglars entered her house in Gonnet neighborhood, La Plata, from the backdoor and locked all the women in the toilet except Mrs. Centeno.
“They were young kids and they were not from a marginal social class, they were speaking proper Spanish. This was not a casual intrusion. What they did was real torture. I want justice to get to the bottom of this and find out who sent them,” Mrs. Centeno said.
From 1977, the Association of Madres de Plaza de Mayo has fought for the right to re-unite with their abducted children. They ask for punishment for those responsible of the crimes perpetrated during the last dictatorship, and for justice for the victims and their families.
On 24th March, Argentina will celebrate its Remembrance Day in honor of all the people who died or disappeared during the period known as the “Dirty War.”
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