Mercedes Colás de Meroño

Mercedes Colás de Meroño (11 July 1925 – 21 April 2021), known as Porota, was an Argentine human rights activist. She was vice president of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.[1]

Mercedes Colás de Meroño
Born
Mercedes Colás de Meroño

(1925-07-11)11 July 1925
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died21 April 2021(2021-04-21) (aged 95)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityArgentine
Occupationhuman rights activist

Her father, José María Colás, was executed by firing squad during the Spanish Civil War.[2]

Her daughter, Alicia Meroño, was among the desparecidos of Argentina, disappearing on January 5, 1978.[1] Alicia's fate was still undetermined at the time of her mother's death.[3]

Colás de Meroño died in Buenos Aires on 21 April 2021, aged 95.[1]

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