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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — One of the founders of Argentina’s leading human rights group has died. Maria Isabel Chorobik de Mariani was 95.

The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo group says that she died late Monday at a local hospital where she had been interned after suffering a stroke.

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Chorobik de Mariani was instrumental in founding the group that for decades has been searching for children who were stolen from people who were killed or forcibly disappeared during Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship.

Two former dictators were eventually convicted along with others of systematically kidnapping children. Jorge Rafael Videla died in prison in 2013. Reynaldo Bignone, who was serving time under house arrest, died earlier this year.

During the dictatorship, the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo marched weekly at Buenos Aires’ main square to demand the return of their loved ones. The group says Chorobik de Mariani was a “symbol of the fight for human rights.”