Events in Cangallo District
Series of arbitrary detentions, torture and systematic rape of a 19-year-old girl by Peruvian Army soldiers at the Pampa Cangallo and Huamanga bases during 1985-1986.
During 1985-1986, multiple cases of sexual violence and arbitrary detentions were recorded in the Cangallo District. A 19-year-old female declarant was detained in April 1985 by members of the Army and taken to the Pampa Cangallo Base, where she was accused of belonging to the Shining Path and physically tortured with blows to the head and face with firearms. In August 1985 she was detained for the second time and taken again to the Pampa Cangallo Base and then transferred to the Huamanga Base, where she was sexually abused. In 1986 she was detained for the third time and taken to the base where she was again sexually abused by the same commander, who forcibly stripped her naked and harassed her constantly when she left school. The commander would taunt her after each rape.