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‖ desaparecido|desapareˈsiðo| [Sp., lit. ‘disappeared, missing person’, pa. ppl. of desaparecer to disappear.] Any of the many people who disappeared in Argentina during the period of military rule between 1976 and 1983, presumed killed by members of the armed services or of the police. Usu. in pl.
1977Time 11 Apr. 45/3 Amnesty International..accused the military of arbitrary detention, torture, summary executions and the ‘disappearance’ of at least 500 suspects... Amnesty charges that many of the desaparecidos were innocent citizens abducted and murdered by soldiers and police in mufti. 1979N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Oct. 45/3 The desaparecidos are persons who, usually after being detained by teams of well-armed men, vanish without a trace. 1985Newsweek 25 Nov. 104c/1 The Official Story, made in Argentina after the downfall of the military government, raises the issue of the desaparecidos. |