Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
A woman testified before the CVR about the torture she suffered at the time of her detention in Huacho, Lima. The testimony was collected in December 2002 as part of the process of compiling testimonies on human rights violations during the internal armed conflict. This case is part of the …
During the internal armed conflict in Monzón, Huamalies, Huánuco, cases of detention and sexual violence against women were recorded. Most of the sexual abuses were imputed to members of the Armed Forces, especially on those they detained, as part of the torture inflicted. The victims showed their enormous pain and …
During October 2002, the TRC collected multiple testimonies in Ayacucho on various acts of violence that occurred during the internal armed conflict. The testimonies include accounts of killings, disappearances, torture and sexual violence perpetrated by both the Shining Path and State forces. The statements document cases in various locations in …
Public hearing organized by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission focused on documenting and making visible the political violence and crimes committed specifically against women during the internal armed conflict. During this hearing, testimonies of women victims of sexual violence, arbitrary detentions, torture and other abuses were presented. The testimonies collected …
The Women's Public Hearing was a unique session held by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission where multiple cases of sexual violence and human rights violations against women during the internal armed conflict were presented. During this hearing, testimonies were heard from women who were victims of rape, forced nudity, arbitrary …
During September 2002, the TRC collected multiple testimonies in the department of Huanuco on various acts of violence that occurred during the internal armed conflict. The testimonies include cases of forced disappearances, murders and sexual violence perpetrated mainly by State agents. Among the documented cases is the testimony of the …
María Magdalena Monteza Benavides testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission about her detention, torture and rape by Army personnel in 1992. During her testimony, she reiterated the allegations she had made since the judicial stage about the physical and psychological mistreatment and rape suffered during her clandestine detention. The …
A 15-year-old girl was detained at her school and never returned home, constituting a case of forced disappearance. The case is mentioned in the context of sexual violence that occurred during arbitrary detentions and forced disappearances. The affiant providing the testimony relates this case as an example of the disappearances …
María Magdalena Monteza Benavides submitted a written statement to the Ad Hoc Commission created by Law 26655, in which she recounted the facts of her arbitrary detention, torture and rape that occurred in October-November 1992. In this statement, Monteza detailed how she was detained on October 30, 1992 by members …
A woman was detained at DINCOTE (Dirección Nacional contra el Terrorismo) in Lima during 1996. During her detention, the affiant suffered violations of her dignity and status as a woman, terms frequently used by victims to refer to rape without explicitly mentioning it. This case is part of a documented …
One informant was detained in the district of Villa María del Triunfo on June 21, 1995. The testimony appears in the context of documentation on sexual violence and arbitrary detentions during the internal armed conflict. The detention is part of the cases registered by the CVR where human rights violations …
A declarant was detained in the district, province and department of Huancayo on February 22, 1995. During her time at DINCOTE, they took her clothes off her top and said things to terrorize her. The testimony is part of a broader context of sexual violence and torture documented during detentions …
During the period 1995-1996, when the presence of the PCP-SL in the country was minimal, the proportion of rapes committed by the PCP-SL and the MRTA increased. This data is striking because it contradicts the condemnatory discourse of these groups regarding sexual violence and occurs in a period of weakening …
Carmen Rosa Pariona Yachi, 23 years old, filed a formal complaint before the Mixed Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Tocache on May 30, 1994. The complaint is framed in the context of sexual violence during the internal armed conflict in the Alto Huallaga area. The CVR report mentions this case as …
Approximately 40 army troops entered the Shapingo area in April 1994, resulting in a massacre. During the military incursion, sexual violence against local women was reported. One woman who survived the massacre reported that a woman was raped and then released. This event is part of a pattern of behavior …
In April 1994, the Army entered the town of Moyuna. During this military incursion, the women of this locality were victims of sexual violence, torture and executions. This event was part of a pattern of behavior identified by the CVR in which members of the Army committed rape against women …
Mrs. Vargas, an elderly woman from Moyuna in Alto Huallaga, managed to escape an attempted rape during the events that occurred in the area between March and May 1994. The testimony is part of the documented cases that demonstrate that sexual violence did not discriminate by age, affecting very young …
On March 29, 1994 in Cayumba Chico, army troops arbitrarily executed the father, mother and six-year-old sister of a female witness. The massacre included sexual violence against the women prior to the executions. According to the documented pattern, the military raped the women prior to executing them. This event is …
On March 29, 1994, army troops arbitrarily executed the father, mother and six-year-old sister of a witness in Cayumba Chico. The younger sister was raped before being executed. This case is part of a pattern of sexual violence associated with arbitrary executions during military incursions in rural areas. The witness …
During the events in Alto Huallaga in March 1994, a six-year-old girl was the victim of rape. Mrs. Delia Falcón narrates in her testimony the case: 'a six year old girl was raped and they left her alone'. This case illustrates how sexual violence during the internal armed conflict did …
During her second detention in 1994, the declarant was taken to the barracks called 'La Veterinaria' in Trujillo. The acts of sexual violence took place in this military detention center. The La Veterinaria barracks is mentioned in the context of human rights violations during the internal armed conflict. The affiant …
The CVR report mentions the Huancavelica Military Base in the context of sexual violence during the internal armed conflict. Specific reference is made to cases of rape that resulted in pregnancies of the victims. The facts are documented in testimonies that indicate that the victims in both testimonies related to …
Carmen Pariona was raped by military personnel at a military base in the Huanuco area. The case was reported to the Special Prosecutor's Office for Human Rights in Huánuco. When Mrs. Amalia Tolentino was intercepted by a military patrol on April 8, 1993 while she was traveling from Puerto de …
During 1994, sexual violence occurred in the barracks called 'La Veterinaria' in Trujillo. A declarant was detained for the second time in 1994 in Trujillo and taken to this barracks, where the reported events occurred. The barracks was a military facility used to detain people accused of terrorism. The testimonies …
One affiant was detained at her home in the district of Comas on November 30, 1993. The case is mentioned in the context of a broader analysis of sexual violence and arbitrary detentions during the internal armed conflict. The detention forms part of a systematic pattern of human rights violations …
One affiant was detained on the premises of the Technical University of El Callao on January 22, 1992 by members of the Peruvian Navy. Subsequently, in October 1993, she was again threatened with rape on the premises of the JECOTE in El Callao. These events are part of a pattern …
On August 14, 1993, Birth Certificate N°2852 was issued by the Chief of the Civil Registry of the Municipality of Metropolitan Lima, corresponding to K.E.M.B., daughter of María Magdalena Monteza Benavides. The minor was born on July 14, 1993 at the Perinatal Maternal Institute of the Ministry of Health (Maternity …
Mrs. Huertas was arrested in August 1993 in Lima. During her detention, she was taken to DINCOTE where she suffered sexual violence. She was pardoned in December 2000, after being detained for more than seven years. The case of Mrs. Huertas is mentioned in the context of testimonies of sexual …
A woman was arrested on May 17, 1993 in the district of Los Olivos, Lima. During her detention she was the victim of sexual violence by State agents. The case is part of a systematic pattern of sexual violence against women detained during the internal armed conflict. The affiant used …
A female witness was arrested in Chimbote on April 18, 1993 and subsequently transferred to the Police Office in Huacho. During her detention, she was held in a dark room where she was subjected to interrogation. This case is part of the systematic pattern of sexual violence and torture documented …
Mrs. Amalia Tolentino was intercepted by a military patrol of 70 soldiers on April 8, 1993 when she was traveling with other people from Puerto de Moyuna to Huánuco. She was the victim of rape by the soldiers during this transfer. Mrs. Tolentino reported the incident to the Special Prosecutor's …
Rosa Quiste Rupay was detained on February 26, 1993 by members of the Army. She was transferred to El Milagro where she was held in a room. The case is mentioned in the context of documenting sexual violence during the internal armed conflict, specifically in relation to the difficulty of …
On February 20, 1993, María Magdalena Monteza Benavides made a statement at the Lima police station. During this statement, she denounced having been subjected to physical and psychological torture, including rape, by members of the Peruvian Army during her detention on October 30, 1992. This statement was made in the …
A declarant was detained in the district of Miraflores on February 16, 1993 and later transferred to the premises of the DINCOTE (National Directorate against Terrorism). The acts of sexual violence and torture occurred in the DINCOTE facilities after her transfer. This case is part of the systematic pattern of …
A declarant was arrested in the district of Lima on January 6, 1993 and taken to the DINCOTE premises. During her detention she was subjected to sexual violence and torture. The testimony is part of a systematic pattern of sexual violations that occurred in DINCOTE facilities during the internal armed …
Maria de la Cruz Pari, 20 years old, was detained by the PIP along with twelve people accused of belonging to the special detachment of the People's Guerrilla Army of People's Relief of the Shining Path in February 1993. A report from the Congress of the Republic specified that Maria …
Cases of sexual violence were recorded at the Las Palmas Military Base in 1993. A declarant was detained on May 17, 1993 in the district of Los Olivos, province and department of Lima. The acts of sexual violence occurred later that year at the Las Palmas Military Base. This case …
During 1993, in the district of Comas, Lima, there were multiple cases of arbitrary detention accompanied by sexual violence and torture by police officers. One witness reported that during her interrogation at the Comas police station in 1992, she was subjected to groping, attempted rape and forced nudity. Another witness …
In 1993, cases of sexual violence against women were registered in the Puchcas Community. The report mentions this locality in the context of testimonies of sexual violations committed by members of the armed forces. The community of Puchcas is referenced along with other localities where similar cases of sexual violence …
In 1993, a strict curfew was implemented in Tocache starting at 6:00 p.m. where no one was allowed to travel. People who urgently needed to travel had to pay to be able to do so. According to testimonies gathered by the CVR, this meant that in some cases women "had …
A woman testifies that during her detention in 1993 she was subjected to sexual violence in the San Isidro district of Lima. The testimony is part of the numerous cases of rape documented by the CVR that occurred during the period of political violence in Peru. This case is mentioned …
In 1993, rape was part of a practice known as "pichana. One witness reported that in military patrols "we grabbed women, everyone mostly 'pichaneaban' them. This practice was part of a systematic pattern of sexual violence exercised by members of the armed forces against women during military operations. The testimony …
During 1993 in the district of El Agustino there were cases of sexual violence against women detained by police officers. One witness was detained on November 11, 1991 in El Agustino and later transferred to the DINCOTE where she was groped and mistreated. Another witness was detained in El Agustino …
During 1993, acts of sexual violence against female detainees took place at the Las Palmas Military Base. The victims used terms such as 'my condition as a woman' or 'my dignity' to refer to the rape they suffered. These acts were part of a systematic pattern of sexual violence perpetrated …
After the establishment of a military base in the Carhuarán community, military personnel began to systematically abuse the civilian population. The abuses were mainly of a sexual nature and were directed especially against young women in the community. These events occurred in the context of counter-subversive operations in the Huanta …
Forensic medical examination ordered by the 14th Criminal Court of Lima at the request of the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office, performed on María Magdalena Monteza Benavides. The certificate was issued by the Institute of Legal Medicine of Peru and indicated as results old tears and "signs of old …
The affiant was detained on November 22, 1992 in the district of Chulucanas, province of Morropon, department of Piura. This case is mentioned in the context of testimonies on sexual violence and detentions during the internal armed conflict. The detention was carried out by law enforcement forces in the context …
On November 3, 1992, four days after her initial detention by military personnel from the Intelligence Department of the 1st Division of the Army's Special Forces, María Magdalena Monteza Benavides was handed over to the National Directorate against Terrorism (DINCOTE). During her previous detention in military facilities, Monteza was subjected …
María Magdalena Monteza Benavides, a 19-year-old sociology student, was arbitrarily detained on October 30, 1992 by members of the Intelligence Department of the 1st Division of the Army Special Forces, without a court order or notification to the Public Prosecutor's Office. During her clandestine detention, she was subjected to blindfolded …
María Magdalena Monteza Benavides, a 19-year-old sociology student, was arbitrarily detained on October 30, 1992 at noon by members of the Intelligence Department of the 1st Division of the Army Special Forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel Julio Rodríguez Córdova (who identified himself as César Infantas Cortijo). The arrest was carried …
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