Testimony on detention and torture in Huánuco
Testimony of a former authority who recounts her detention and experience of torture in Tingo María, Huánuco. The case documents abuses committed against community leaders during the internal armed conflict.
The declarant, who was a former authority, narrates his experience of detention and torture in Tingo María, Huánuco. The testimony is part of the documentation of cases of mistreatment and torture suffered by authorities and leaders who were treated as suspects during the internal armed conflict. This case illustrates how the suspicion of belonging to subversive groups expanded without limits, resulting in arbitrariness and abuse against the civilian population, especially against leaders of organizations and communities.