The Human Rights organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo reported Tuesday that Nélida Decristofano de Orzaocoa died in La Pampa at the age of 100 looking for her grandson or granddaughter disappeared in the womb of her mother, María de las Mercedes Gómez, kidnapped in 1975 with an advanced pregnancy. In this sad moment, we embrace Carlos, Mariana and all her family, with the commitment to continue looking for that grandson or granddaughter that Nélida did not get to embrace, to transmit her struggle and the love with which she waited for him, “they said from Abuelas through a statement.
We bid farewell with great sadness to Nélida Decristofano de Orzaocoa, another companion who leaves without hugging her granddaughter.
The Pampas grandmother was 100 years old. We will continue looking for his granddaughter, who must have been born in May or June 1975 https://t.co/rCmbGIxV3A pic.twitter.com/lF7hbXJsXx — Abuelas Plaza Mayo (@abuelasdifusion)
May 31, 2022
Nelida’s daughter-in-law, María de las Mercedes Gómez, was kidnapped on March 21, 1975 in Córdoba, six or seven months pregnant. His son Carlos and his granddaughter Mariana, almost two years old, managed to go into exile in Spain.” Since then, Nelida dreamed of hugging that grandson or granddaughter who should have been born in May or June 1975. I looked forward to welcoming him with a big party in the main square of his city, with a noodle and the performance of the Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra,” they said.
In addition, they added that Nélida was a sweet and flirtatious woman, an avid newspaper reader and zambas singer. “In recent times she joined different campaigns of dissemination of Grandmothers with her message of hope and search,” they concluded.
