Operation Condor accounted for at least 377, according to a joint report by a unit of Unesco and the Argentine government in 2015. Mr. Molfino became a messenger for the group, hiding microfilm in toys and cigarette packs, and shuttling between Europe and Central America. South American military governments in the 1970s and 1980s kidnapped and murdered thousands of rebel guerrillas and dissidents. Her murder is being considered in a separate case related to Operation Condor. Two other members of her group were also abducted and were ordered to be “permanently disappeared.”The episode still haunts Mr. Molfino, now 54.

Source: New York Times May 28, 2016 17:57 UTC