Former Buenos Aires province Police medic Jorge Antonio Bergés, known as the “dictatorship obstetrician,” died at 83, human rights activists announced on Tuesday. As a medic, Bergés’ role during the dictatorship was to deliver the babies of women held in clandestine detention centers. Bergés signed a fake birth certificate and personally handed the baby to a family who raised her under a false identity. Murió el genocida Jorge Antonio Bergés, médico de la Policía. The organization questioned that he was serving his sentence in house arrest and died without giving information about the disappeared and their children.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald February 11, 2026 18:51 UTC