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[their] lives and that the International Red Cross, [their] attorneys, next of kin, and
the press be present.”
On May 9 the pavilion 4B was demolished with a war canon. At approximately 4 p.m.
the prisoners decided to go out and ask the authorities not to shoot. First, two
prisoners went out holding hands, followed by a group of prisoners signing the
International. The snipers riddled the prisoners. Two of the inmates died instantly
and others were seriously injured. Among the dead was his father Tito Valle, who he
saw die. When they were in the area called “no man’s land” he heard the state
agents asking for the leaders. On that night they separated the wounded into three
groups. The first group was taken at dawn and the other two groups were left
outside face down on the floor.
On the next day she was transferred along with other inmates to the criminal center
of Cachiche in Ica. Upon her arrival she noticed that there was no pavilion in
conditions to house more than 50 prisoners. They were taken to cells with cement
beds, without mattresses or blankets. During her one-year stay in this criminal
center she was submitted to beatings by the police. Likewise, she suffered from
direct harassment from the director of the criminal center, which constantly
threatened them and beat them when they performed their so called “inspections”.
They were also prevented from speaking with their next of kin in private, who have
suffered from this “policy of reduction, isolation, and systematic annihilation” to
which they have been submitted.
On May 7, 1993 they were transferred to Lima, operation carried out in the middle of
beatings for not accepting the denigrating treatment to which they were submitted.
Upon arrival at the maximum-security criminal center of Chorillos they were pulled
out of the bus and later beaten with sticks “from head to feet.” As of that date they
were not allowed out to the yard, to work, or study, and their visits were restricted
to once a month through a telephone booth and only for half an hour. When the
outings to the courtyard were reestablished, it was given for only half an hour for
every two cells. Likewise, during the period between 1992 and 1998 they were not
allowed access to pen or paper, thus being denied the right to free expression.
Access to the press was also denied for a 6-year period, reason for which their right
to information was breached. When allowed access to certain publications, they were
incomplete. Access to specialized books was also forbidden. Access to a portable
radio was denied until the year 2000.
Se recovered her freedom in May 2002 and is currently studying Law. She suffered
damages for having witnessed the political genocide in the criminal center Castro
Castro and the murder of her father, as well as for all the abuse and disproportionate
restrictions to which she was submitted. As a consequence of the events of May 6 to
9, 1992 she has had problems with her sight, serious hearing problems and chronicle
biliary hepatic gastritis. Likewise, due to a bad diet and the overcrowded conditions
at the criminal center, another prisoner that was ill infected her in 2001 with
tuberculosis. Within the psychological consequences suffered are insomnia, loss in
the ability to remember things and the trauma that comes from remembering the
circumstances under which her father died. Her family has also been affected by this
emotions stress, especially her sister Liudmila, due to the circumstances in which she
lost her father. Also, as of 1987, members of the intelligence service have harassed
her family.