Hebe de Bonafini, the mother who defied Argentina's dictatorship, dies at 93

FILE PHOTO: Hebe de Bonafini, leader of the human rights group Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, speaks during their last 24-hour Resistance March, at Plaza de Mayo, in Buenos Aires November 30, 2019. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Hebe de Bonafini, the iconic co-founder of Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and a staunch fighter against the human rights violations committed during the country's military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s, died on Sunday at the age of 93.

Bonafini became one of Argentina's most famous human rights activists when she and 13 other women began searching for their children who were kidnapped by security forces during the dictatorship. She died on Sunday morning, her daughter said in a statement.