Detention and rape of Maria Magdalena Monteza Benavides
Arrest and rape of a woman in the district of San Miguel, Lima, on May 26, 1986. The victim faced difficulties in having the rape suffered during her detention formally recorded.
A respondent was detained in the district of San Miguel on May 26, 1986. During her detention she was the victim of sexual violence by State agents. The victim attempted to report the rape to the medico-legal authorities, but faced obstacles to formally registering the incident. The case illustrates the pattern of systematic sexual violence against women in detention and the impunity that characterized these crimes during the internal armed conflict.