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Grandson lost during Argentina 'dirty war' makes public appearance with rights group founder

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    Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, right, and her grandson Ignacio Hurban attend a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. On Aug. 8, Carlotto located Hurban, the grandson born to her daughter Laura while in captivity during Argentina's military dictatorship. Laura was kidnapped and killed by the military in August 1978. Carlotto refers to him as Guido, the name her slain daughter intended to give him.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) (The Associated Press)

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    CORRECTS TO REMOVE WRONG DATE THAT HURBAN WAS IDENTIFIED - Estela de Carlotto, president of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, right, and her grandson Ignacio Hurban, attend a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. A provincial music teacher in Argentina, Hurban is making his first public appearance since he was identified as the long-sought grandson of Carlotto, the country's leading human rights activist. She spent 36 years searching for the child taken from her daughter, who was executed by the military during the country's military dictatorship. Carlotto refers to him as Guido, the name her slain daughter intended to give him. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) (The Associated Press)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – A provincial music teacher in Argentina is making his first public appearance since he was dramatically identified as the long-sought grandson of the country's leading human rights activist.

Ignacio Hurban was identified this week as the grandson of Estela de Carlotto. The activist spent 36 years searching for the child taken from her daughter, who was executed by the military during the country's "dirty war."

Hurban and De Carlotto were speaking to the media Friday at the headquarters of the group she founded, Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo.

De Carlotto led the campaign to find hundreds of children taken from people killed by security forces and given to families who sympathized with the government during the 1976-83 dictatorship.

The circumstances of Hurban's apparently illegal adoption have not been disclosed.

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