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Adoptee stolen at birth sues Chile over thousands of dictatorship-era thefts
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Jimmy Lippert Thyden González alleges country engaged in plan to steal babies from perceived enemies in 70s and 80s
A Chilean-American man raised in the United States has filed a criminal complaint against the Chilean state, alleging that it engaged in a systematic plan to steal thousands of babies from perceived enemies of the state in the 1970s and 1980s.
The case filed by Jimmy Lippert Thyden González, 43, aims to advance the task of Chilean prosecutors and human rights groups working on accountability for crimes committed under Gen Augusto Pinochet.
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