The Dirty War that occurred between 1976 and 1983 was organized and executed by military and dictatorship against suspected rebels. Approximately 30,000 Argentines were detained, tortured, and were never seen again. In addition they murdered their children or gave them away to be raised by others. Since then these Argentines have been known as the disappeared. …show more content…
In 1987 the Argentina government created and organized a genetic data bank that has made possible for 101 of the missing grandchildren to be located, while there continues to be 400 missing. The Argentina senate passed a law that permits authorities to collect DNA samples of people who are suspected to be part of the disappeared even against their will. Controversy has erupted from this mandatory genetic testing of suspected disappeared children, as some do not want to be found, this has become an ethical and legal