With a T-shirt with the Malvinas on his chest, Juan José Morales thanked the support, not only of the Grandmothers but of society in general, and in addition to asking for Memory, Truth and Justice, he ended his brief message with a “Let’s go for more”.
john jose I had ten months when His mother, Mercedes del Valle Moreales, was kidnapped in the Monteros area, in Tucumán. They left him in bed with the documents. She – who was 21 years old and a member of the Workers’ Revolutionary Party (PRT) – was taken away and murdered. Her remains appeared in a clandestine grave in the Northern Cemetery of the Tucuman capital.
Juan José was raised by the owner of a farm in the area, who made a clandestine adoption to stay with him. After long years of searching, Juan José learned that his mother had been a victim of state terrorism.
Nowthe Federal Court of Tucumán confirmed that he had no biological relationship with the person who listed him as his son. With this confirmation, the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo announced that they had found the grandson 132.
Juan José could not participate in the press conference because he lives in Tucumán, but he wanted to connect via Zoom. Technology did not help him to hear the applause from the Casa de las Abuelas in exESMA that welcomed him to the truth, but he stayed glued to the phone. Next to him was his partner, Ana, the mother of his two daughters – one 19 years old and the other six years old. Ana was the one who took the post during these years, when the search became too heavy for Juan José.
