María Magdalena Monteza Benavides transferred to DINCOTE after detention and torture
María Magdalena Monteza Benavides was transferred to DINCOTE on November 3, 1992, four days after her arrest by military personnel. After being tortured and raped during her initial detention, she incriminated herself in DINCOTE under threats against her family.
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 to physical torture and rape by her captors. Upon arrival at DINCOTE, she self-incriminates herself of the charges against her due to the threats she received from the military personnel that they would retaliate against her family if she denounced the torture and rape of which she had been a victim. The transfer was formalized through Official Letter No. 175/B-2/G-2/1RA DIV FFEE of November 3, 1992, signed by Brigadier General Luis Pérez Documet in his capacity as Commanding General of the 1st Special Forces Division, a document stamped "SECRET".