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The official numbers of the desaparecidos have more than doubled since 2018.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

These records have the potential to shed light on the fate of Condor’s victims, many of whom remain desaparecidos — disappeared.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2020

Since 2011, the underfunded body has documented some 450 desaparecidos, located and exhumed 37 bodies, named four, and returned them to living relatives where possible.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2018

My sister Marcela, though, we couldn't find her, and she is still on the "desaparecidos" list.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2013

Invoking blessings on the country, John Paul mentioned the casualties of war, the sick and the bereaved, but, to the disappointment of many Argentines, omitted any direct reference to another category of victims: the desaparecidos.

From Time Magazine Archive