Arrest and transfer to DINCOTE
Woman arrested on Dueñas Street in Cercado de Lima on March 8, 1989 and taken to DINCOTE, where she was the victim of sexual violence.
A woman was arrested on Dueñas Street in Cercado de Lima on March 8, 1989. She was subsequently transferred to the DINCOTE (National Directorate against Terrorism), where the sexual violence took place. This case is part of a pattern of arbitrary detentions followed by sexual violence against women during the internal armed conflict. Detention and transfer to centers such as DINCOTE was often the beginning of torture and sexual abuse against the detainees.