Rape in Timpusca
Rape perpetrated by State agents against a woman in the community of Timpusca in 1983, resulting in forced pregnancy as a consequence of the abuse.
A woman from the community of Timpusca was the victim of rape by State agents in 1983. As a result of the rape, the victim became pregnant. This case forms part of the systematic pattern of sexual violence perpetrated by the forces of law and order during the internal armed conflict in rural Andean areas. The forced pregnancy resulting from the rape represented an additional consequence that the victim had to assume without having planned or wanted it.
