Dagmar Hagelin (29 September 1959 - disappeared on 27 January 1977) was a 17-year-old

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girl who disappeared during the

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on 27 January 1977, and is presumed to have been arrested by security forces in El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and murdered in a case of mistaken identity. Dagmar's father, Argentine-Swedish businessman Ragnar Hagelin has since worked to have the responsible people brought to justice, accusing

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. Hagelin and

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are the two known Swedish victims of the

during Argentina's military regime. In October 2011, Alfredo Astiz was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity in Argentina between 1976 and 1983. Dagmar's father, Ragnar Hagelin commented to Swedish media on the sentence that he, "couldn't describe the happiness he felt that after 34 years of struggles, Dagmar’s killer would finally pay for his crimes". In 2010, a pilot named Julio Poch was indicted for the murder of Hagelin. Ragnar Hagelin resided in

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, Sweden, until his death in October 2016.

Mistaken identity

It is believed that Dagmar Hagelin was a victim of mistaken identity when on 27 January 1977, she went to visit a friend in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. Her friend, who was politically active, had been arrested the night before by Alfredo Astiz's forces and had told during interrogations that another politically active friend of her would visit the next day. Hagelin, who had decided to visit her friend on a spur of the moment, was approached by the forces and shot when she tried to escape. She was taken to ESMA, a

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centre, where she was later killed. Hagelin was 17 years old at the time of her death.

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Mistaken identity

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