Hebe de Bonafini, mother of two disappeared children and historical activist for many years, died today at 9.20 in the morning. It was her daughter, Alejandra, who confirmed the news on social networks. The president of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo had been hospitalized last month due to complications in her health.
The statement on the death of Hebe de Bonafini pray: “It is with great pain that we inform you that today at 9:20 Hebe de Bonafini passed away. We are extremely grateful for the demonstrations of love, accompaniment and concern that my mother has received during these days of hospitalization at the Italian Hospital in the city of La Plata, as throughout her militant career.”.
The daughter of the head of the Wrestling Association He continued: “These are very difficult moments and of deep sadness and we understand the love of the people for Hebe, but at this moment as a family we have the need to mourn the Mother of Plaza de Mayo, Hebe, in privacy, for which we will inform starting tomorrow what will be the spaces for tributes and reminders”. The statement about the departure of bonafini It ends with a thank you to the doctors and to those who accompanied her in her last days: “We will continue to find Hebe in the Plaza and in the village struggles!”.
Hebe María Pastor was born on December 4, 1928 into a middle-class family. She married Alfredo Bonafini, with whom she had three children: Jorge Omar, Raúl Alfredo and María Alejandra. Raúl died in 1982, while Jorge is still missing. “Runnings, people being taken away, colleagues who had to change places, boys who had to be brought food. It was very tragic. You never think these things are going to happen to you until it happened to us. I changed as a person the moment they told me ‘we can’t find Jorge’. My house became something else.”expressed the activist some time ago in an interview he gave.
The disappearance of two of her children led her to become a soldier for human rights. In the last decade, Hebe she became a forceful representative of the K-politics, which brought her into the spotlight more than once. Above all, because she was the protagonist on several occasions of controversial comments. Secondly, bonafini was prosecuted for embezzlement. She causes that it is still open pending the oral trial.
The former president’s farewell to Hebe de Bonafini
The current vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, upon learning of the death of Hebe de Bonafini He expressed his regret on his social networks: “Dearest Hebe, Mother of Plaza de Mayo. World symbol of the fight for Human Rights. Pride of Argentina. God called you on the day of National Sovereignty, it should not be a coincidence. Simply thank you and see you later,” the policy wrote.
For her part, the presidential spokeswoman, Gabriela Cerruti, announced that 3 days of mourning had been decreed. “The President of the Nation Alberto Fernández says goodbye with deep pain and respect to Hebe de Bonafini, Mother of Plaza de Mayo and tireless fighter for human rights. The government decrees 3 days of national mourning and pays tribute to Hebe, her memory and her fight, ”she closed.
