34 She considers that “[w]hat happened in Castro Castro was not a riot.” Her son knew that “they were going to go in to kill, that they were going to want to kill him.” Her son should have been prosecuted and not murdered. She requested that Alberto Fujimori be prosecuted for the crimes he committed in the criminal center of Castro Castro. 6. Eva Sofía Challco Hurtado, alleged victim She referred to her arrest in September 1991 and indicated that she entered the prison of Castro Castro on October 10, 1991 when she was pregnant. At the time of the facts of this case she was seven months pregnant. Neither her nor her family were informed of the alleged transfer that was supposed to be made. When the attack started she was sleeping on the fourth floor of pavilion 1A. Peruvian forces made holes with explosives all throughout the roof and started shooting through those holes. In the meantime, “[t]he whole floor was flooded with asphyxiating gases” and many of the prisoners were passing out due to asphyxia. Approximately at 5 or 6 in the afternoon she made it to pavilion 4B, where the injured prisoners were located. The soldiers threw kerosene or gasoline and “flames of fire” from the roof. “Towards Saturday afternoon” she heard a voice saying “we are coming out. Do not shoot.” However, the soldiers fired their submachine guns and “some [inmates] fell to the floor, others continued walking.” A splinter fell on her foot, she had to drag herself and she was forced to lie on a piece of land, along with other women “that were bleeding and wet”, where she was kicked and obliged to lie face down for hours, despite her pregnancy. On May 10, 1992 she was transferred to the Criminal Center Cristo Rey in Ica, along with another 52 women, approximately. Around 8 inmates were assigned per cell. The cells had a very reduced area, without bathroom, and they only had two cement beds. The only light that came into the cell was through the holes in the roof, though which they “sometimes even through rats at them.” On June 27, 1992 she gave birth to a premature baby in a hospital of Ica through a C-section, since the baby’s position in her uterus was not normal. She only had her son for five days, for fear of the constant threat against her safety and integrity in the criminal center. During her imprisonment she was able to see her son “only a very few times”, and she could finally be “his mother” only when she was released from prison 10 years later. At the beginning of 1993 they were transferred to the prison of Santa Mónica, occasion on which they used electrical sticks against them and they were “horribly” beaten. The experience she went through had effects on her son’s health, who suffers from alterations in his nervous system and “[h]e cannot resist strong emotions. Neither strong sorrows nor happiness.” As a consequence of the prison conditions described, the witness caught tuberculosis and she currently suffers from polyneuritis. Likewise, she has felt depression and her family has been strongly affected by the consequences of the massacre.

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