Torture in San Juan de Lurigancho
A female affiant was detained and tortured in San Juan de Lurigancho in 1986. During her detention she witnessed torture of detainees and rape of women by police officers.
During her detention in 1986, a declarant was subjected to torture in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho. The events occurred in the context of detentions carried out by law enforcement forces during the internal armed conflict. The affiant witnessed that during the days she was detained, the police tortured the detainees and raped the women, and all were treated inhumanely. This case is part of the systematic pattern of sexual violence and torture documented by the CVR in various detention centers in Lima.