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Hebe de Bonafini: Head of Argentina Mothers of Plaza de Mayo group indicted
Source: BBC
Hebe de Bonafini: Head of Argentina Mothers of Plaza de Mayo group indicted
16 May 2017 Latin America & Caribbean
A judge in Argentina has indicted the head of human rights organisation the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.
Hebe de Bonafini, 88, has been charged with misusing public funds allocated to a social housing project.
The programme, created by former President Cristina Fernández, was managed by Mrs De Bonafini's foundation, a world-famous collective of mothers looking for children who disappeared during the dictatorship.
She maintains her innocence.
As a close ally of the ex-president, she says the case against her is politically motivated and orchestrated by current President Mauricio Macri, who came into power in 2015.
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16 May 2017 Latin America & Caribbean
A judge in Argentina has indicted the head of human rights organisation the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.
Hebe de Bonafini, 88, has been charged with misusing public funds allocated to a social housing project.
The programme, created by former President Cristina Fernández, was managed by Mrs De Bonafini's foundation, a world-famous collective of mothers looking for children who disappeared during the dictatorship.
She maintains her innocence.
As a close ally of the ex-president, she says the case against her is politically motivated and orchestrated by current President Mauricio Macri, who came into power in 2015.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39933904
