Testimony on detention and imprisonment in San Pedro
Testimony of a declarant about his detention and imprisonment in San Pedro, Chulucanas, Piura, collected in September 2002. The case illustrates how detentions became a way of terrorizing the population during the internal armed conflict.
The affiant recounts his experience of detention and imprisonment in San Pedro, Chulucanas, Piura. The testimony was collected in Lima in September 2002. This case is part of the testimonies about detentions that became a way of terrorizing the population, where people not only suffered restriction of their personal freedom, but during detention they could also be victims of mistreatment and torture. Detentions were difficult to report or denounce because there were no authorities to turn to.