After 40 years, Chilean woman reunites with children stolen during the dictatorship

Teresita Padilla, 66, reunited with two of her children, Tim and Travis, in Santiago after they were taken during Pinochet's dictatorship. The brothers were adopted illegally and traveled from the U.S. to meet their biological mother. The reunion was facilitated by DNA testing and genealogical research, revealing a network of child thefts during the regime. Padilla's children were taken when she was vulnerable, and she expressed her joy at being reunited after decades. Activists estimate that around 20,000 children were forcibly removed from families during this period, with many affected families still unidentified.