Detention and torture of authority in Tingo Maria
Testimony of a local authority about his detention and experience of torture in Tingo María, Huánuco. The case illustrates the systematic mistreatment of community leaders during the internal armed conflict.
The declarant, who was a local authority, recounts his experience of detention and torture in Tingo María, Huánuco. The testimony is part of the documented cases of mistreatment of community leaders and authorities who were treated as suspects during the internal armed conflict. The detention and torture of local authorities was a recurrent practice in the context of the counter-subversive struggle, where the suspicion of belonging to subversive groups expanded without limits, resulting in arbitrariness and abuse against the civilian population.