Esther Ballestrino de Careaga | |
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Born | 20 January 1918 |
Died | 18 December 1977 near Santa Teresita by the Argentine Sea | (aged 59)
Cause of death | Murder by "death flight" |
Known for | Political activism |
Esther Ballestrino de Careaga (20 January 1918 – disappeared 17 or 18 December 1977) was a Paraguayan biochemist and political activist. She is most notable for her connection to the future Pope Francis and her forced disappearance (abduction and murder) in Argentina by the military dictatorship of the National Reorganization Process (1976–1983). She had helped found Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, which organised protests by the mothers of missing children taken by the authorities.