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Born | Mercedes Colás de Meroño 11 July 1925
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 21 April 2021
Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 95)
Occupation | human rights activist |
Mercedes Colás de Meroño (11 July 1925 – 21 April 2021), known as Porota, was an Argentine human rights activist. She was vice president of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. [1]
Her father, José María Colás, was executed by firing squad during the Spanish Civil War. [2]
Her daughter, Alicia Meroño, was among the desparecidos of Argentina, disappearing on January 5, 1978. [1] Alicia's fate was still undetermined at the time of her mother's death. [3]
Colás de Meroño died in Buenos Aires on 21 April 2021, aged 95. [1]
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Mercedes Colás de Meroño | |
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Born | Mercedes Colás de Meroño 11 July 1925
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Died | 21 April 2021
Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 95)
Occupation | human rights activist |
Mercedes Colás de Meroño (11 July 1925 – 21 April 2021), known as Porota, was an Argentine human rights activist. She was vice president of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. [1]
Her father, José María Colás, was executed by firing squad during the Spanish Civil War. [2]
Her daughter, Alicia Meroño, was among the desparecidos of Argentina, disappearing on January 5, 1978. [1] Alicia's fate was still undetermined at the time of her mother's death. [3]
Colás de Meroño died in Buenos Aires on 21 April 2021, aged 95. [1]