caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date known_for image article_title name death_cause
esther ballestrino 18 december 1977 near santa teresita by the argentine sea uruguay 20 january 1918 martyr esther_ballestrino . jpg esther ballestrino
 esther ballestrino de careaga dropped from plane
esther ballestrino

esther ballestrino -lrb- 20 january 1918 -- disappeared 17 or 18 december 1977 -rrb- was a uruguayan martyr .
her forced disappearance -lrb- abduction and murder -rrb- occurred in argentina during the military dictatorship of the `` national reorganization process '' -lrb- 1976 -- 1983 -rrb- .
she helped found mothers of the plaza de mayo , which organised protests by the mothers of missing children taken by the authorities .
