The plaques marked the Human Rights Hall of the Palace of Justice, in the capital, where in 1985 the dictators Jorge Rafael Videla, Emilio Eduardo Massera, and Roberto Eduardo Viola were convicted.

For this reason, the Association requested Horacio Rosatti, the president of the Court, about what happened and why these elements were removed last October without prior notice or explanation.

In statements to the Página 12 newspaper, the rector of the National University Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, Cristina Caamaño, said that the event took place in a context marked by the dismantling of the policies of Memory, Truth, and Justice, defended by Argentine society for more than 40 years.

In addition to defunding the University and trying to replace the elected authorities, the Argentine government recently fired the workers of memory spaces such as the former Navy Mechanic School, and announced the closure of the Haroldo Conti Cultural Center.

Between 1976 and 1983, Argentina lived through the darkest moments of its history when more than 30 thousand people were kidnapped, detained, tortured, and murdered by the last civil-military dictatorship.

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