Dagmar Hagelin

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Dagmar Hagelin

Dagmar Hagelin (born September 29, 1959 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ; disappeared January 27, 1977 in El Palomar , Buenos Aires, Argentina) was abducted at the age of 17 on January 27, 1977 by Argentine security forces in El Palomar, Buenos Aires and later murdered. She had been mistaken for a similar looking young woman.

Sequence of events

On the late afternoon of January 27, 1977, Hagelin wanted to visit her friend Norma Susana Burgos in a suburb of Buenos Aires. However, she had already been arrested the previous evening. The Argentine officer Alfredo Astiz and his command were waiting in the house. After Hagelin rang the bell, the pursuers tried to arrest her. She tried to escape but was shot in the back by Astiz. Dagmar Hagelin was later transferred to the Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA). There she was tortured and presumably murdered. Later, her body was probably dropped on one of the death flights over the Atlantic. The body could never be found.

Search and solve the crime

Since the incident, the father Ragnar Hagelin has tried to clear up the disappearance of his daughter, even against the resistance of the authorities. Hagelin also testified in court when the former members of the Argentine military junta had to answer.

Perpetration

Hagelin's murderer was the Argentine naval officer Alfredo Astiz . Astiz was initially not prosecuted and even promoted at the end of 1987. In October 2011, Astiz was finally sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Astiz begärs häktad för Hagelinmordet. In: Svenska Dagbladet. October 28, 2005, accessed June 1, 2014
  2. ↑ Livstid för Hagelins förmodade bödel. In: Svenska Dagbladet. October 27, 2011, accessed June 1, 2014
  3. ^ Ragnar Hagelin: Mi Hija Dagmar. Sudamerica-Planeta, Buenos Aires 1984
  4. ↑ Hagelin vittne mot military nutrition. In: Dagens Nyheter. July 19, 1985.
  5. ↑ Alfredo Astiz inför rätta. In: Svenska Dagbladet. December 11, 2009, accessed June 1, 2014
  6. ↑ A torturer is promoted. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. 5th January 1988
  7. ↑ Life sentence for the Argentine "Angel of Death". In: time. October 27, 2011, accessed June 1, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Hagelin, Dagmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine-Swedish murder victim
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: 1977
Place of death unsure: El Palomar , Buenos Aires , Argentina