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Beaten and persecuted: The hell of three women who broke with the Mennonites in Argentina

“This is the last trip. I ask for your forgiveness, but get me there quickly.” Elizabet Bueckert whispered these words to her chestnut horse at dusk on January 17, 2026. Her cart sped along the dirt roads of the Orthodox Mennonite colony of La Nueva Esperanza (“The New Hope”), in the rural Argentine province of La Pampa. That day, she had spent hours away from her husband’s house, sheltering with her two young daughters in a shed, attempting to avoid his insults. The 33-year-old woman decided that the moment she had fantasized about so many times had finally arrived.

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Traditional cart and tourist van in the La Nueva Esperanza Colony, La Pampa.Milk jugs and clothes drying in the sun, in the La Nueva Esperanza neighborhood.The dress that Elizabeth Bueckert wore on the day she left the colony.

Photography:

Anita Pouchard Serra

Design and layout:

Mónica Juárez Martín and Ángel Hernández

Visual editing:

Gladys Serrano and Mónica González

Translation:

Avik Jain Chatlani

Mayo 3, 2026 • 2 horas atrás por: ElPais.com 34 visitas 2059181

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