Leonie Duquet (1916-1977) was a French nun who was killed by the military regime of Argentine President Jorge Rafael Videla. 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo (born August 2, 1925 in Mercedes) was the de facto President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. ...

Biography

Leonie Duquet dedicated most of her life to religion, becoming interested in the Catholic ministry since she was young. She joined the Catholic church in France, and, after being ordered as a nun, she traveled to many countries, on many church related missions.

Duquet and fellow nun Alice Domon arrived in Argentina at some point during the 1970s. Duquet dedicated herself to helping Argentina's poor, and she became involved with the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo movement. This enraged the Argentine President. Argentina was going through a military government at the time, and many Argentine citizens that opposed the government were killed or are officially disappeared. The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... The flag of the Mothers, painted on the floor in Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires. ...

Duquet lived and worked at the "San Pablo de Ramos Mejia" cathedral. On December of 1977, she was arrested by Alfredo Astiz. Alfredo Astiz had arrested and given orders to kill Mothers of Plaza de Mayo organizer Azucena Villaflor, and he did not want any witnesses. A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Lutheran or Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a diocese. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Template:DecemberCalendar2006 December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Alfredo Ignacio Astiz was a Captain and Intelligence officer in the Argentine Navy, known as the Blond Angel of Death, during the rule of Jorge Rafael Videla in the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (1976-1983). ... Azucena Villaflor (7 April 1924 â€“ December 1977?) was an Argentine social activist, one of the founders of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo human rights association, who look for desaparecidos (victims of forced disappearance during the Dirty War). ...

Leone Duquet was killed by a death squadron that the Argentine dictatorship had at the time. She was apparently flown by helicopter and thrown off the coast of Buenos Aires. Dictatorship, in contemporary usage, refers to absolute rule by a leadership (usually one dictator) unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state. ... The Bell 206 of Canadian Helicopters Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors (propellers). ...

Her death caused large outrage around the world, and protests to investigate it reached the United Nations. Various books about her life and case were written. Main articles: League of Nations & History of the United Nations The term United Nations was coined by Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II, to refer to the Allies. ...

In 1990, Alfredo Astiz was found guilty of kidnapping by a Paris, France court. He was not charged with murder because no bodies had been found yet in Argentina, but he is due to face trial in Argentina. This article is about the year. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

On January of 2005, seven bodies were found in a common cemetery.Believing that the bodies were the ones of some of the people disappeared from 1976 to 1983, the new Argentine government ordered for DNA tests to be performed on the bodies. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York A cemetery is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Space-filling model of a section of DNA molecule Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life (and most viruses). ...

On August 28, 2005, it was revealed that one of the seven bodies found had been identified as being that of Leonie Duquet. Exactly what happened to Alice Domon remains a mystery. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

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