Guerillas' child testifies in Argentina

The first dirty-war kidnap victim to be identified by DNA tests returned to Argentina from Spain to tell a court that a former government intelligence agent not only stole her from her parents, but sexually abused her.

Guerillas' child testifies in Argentina

The first dirty-war kidnap victim to be identified by DNA tests returned to Argentina from Spain to tell a court that a former government intelligence agent not only stole her from her parents, but sexually abused her.

Carla Rutila, 35, was abducted as a baby in 1976 in Bolivia, where her parents were fighting as left-wing guerrillas with the National Liberation Army, or ELN.

Her father was killed and her mother disappeared after being taken to a secret torture centre in Buenos Aires, the Automotores Orletti garage.

Orletti was allegedly run by Eduardo Ruffo – the agent who adopted Ms Rutila, gave her the name Gina, and raised her until 1985 when, at 10, she discovered her true identity through DNA tests advocated by human-rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Ruffo was arrested in 2006.

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