Marcha por la memoria

March 24th 1976 will remain in the memory of every argentinean as one of the darkest days in history. On that day a military junta overthrew a democratically elected government. In memory of that day a march takes place every year in various cities in Argentina. We documented the one in La Plata. Besides remembering the disappeared people, the goal of the march is to demand real answers to the whereabouts of Julio Lopez (and every other missing person), who went missing more than 33 months ago, just hours before he was going to give his final testimony on the eve of the conviction of Miguel Etchecolatz. He was the first military officer to be sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in Argentina, since 2005 when the Argentina´s Supreme Court overturned immunity laws for former officers of the military dictatorship.
Lopez's testimony of his detention as a political prisoner from 1976-1979 in clandestine detention centers was key in the conviction of Etchecolatz. Testifying before a court in La Plata, Lopez described the prolonged bouts of torture under Etchecolatz's direct supervision.
Since the return of civilian government in 1983, lawyers, relatives of those who "disappeared" while the country was under military rule and members of non-governmental organizations investigating those "disappearances" have been threatened, harassed and attacked.
Will impunity ever end...?