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Testimonies of Cases of Gender Violence

Testimonies of Cases of Gender Violence

Case 1: Milagros Rumiche (Tumbes)

In September from 2016 in Tumbes, Milagros Rumiche a young women suffered from physical violence from his ex ex-partner and father of her son, Carlos Feijoo Mogollón. She was abandoned in a camp after being abused and savagely beaten, having injuries in her nose, arms, mouth and a broken neck. She was interned in a hospital in Tumbes for a lot of  months because of her serious injuries. The aggressor fled and the PNP (Policía Nacional del Perú) captured him after three months of the terrible day. After one year, the Supraprovincial Permanent Collegiate Court of the Superior Court of Justice of Tumbes sentenced Carlos Feijoo to 10 years in prison for the crime of attempted femicide.


Happily Milagros Rumiche could recover and she was interviewed by some national channels to speak and advise other women to report any physical, psychological or domestic abuse against them. She also said: "I want to thank the Minister for Women, the director of the hospital, the doctors, the security personnel, my parents and God because, thanks to him, I am here. I am proud of my son and my family, they give me strength”. 



Case 2: Azul Rojas Marín


In the early hours of February 2008, Azul Rojas Marín, a transgender Peruvian who was then a homosexual man, was detained by three policemen. The reason was to verify his identity since Marín did not have documents. They proceeded to take her to the police station in the city of Casa Grande, located on the north coast of Peru. It was there, at the police station, where she was physically, sexually and verbally assaulted, using homophobic phrases. The "Center for the Promotion and Defense of Sexual and Reproductive Rights” (Promsex in its acronym in Spanish), assures that: "They touched her and undressed her by force. While two of them held her arms and legs, a third inserted a rubber wand into his rectum on two occasions, causing bleeding injuries." After a few hours she was released. That same day, Marín went to the media and the prosecution. She denounced the three policemen for rape, abuse of authority and torture. But the Prosecutor's Office dismissed the charge for torture and, in January 2009, the Judiciary closed the lawsuits for rape and abuse of authority. At this point, Marín, without having justice within the country, seeks to go to international instances. With the help of different protection and human rights organizations, he manages to have his case processed in The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR).


In 2018, after 10 years of a tough legal battle, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) found Peru responsible for the torture and sexual violence against an LGBTI person by police officers. This fact became the first time in history that the IACtHR, the last authority on human rights in America, considered a case of discrimination. After the result, Marín indicated: “I am very grateful to all the people who have made this possible. I have no words to describe how I feel… After everything I've been through, finally a court believes my word…”



Case 3: Hector Valer


In 2016, former Minister of State Hector Valer Montoya was accused of family violence by his wife Ana Montoya and their daughter Catherine. The judiciary indicated in the medical certificate of the aforementioned complainants that "there were indicators of corporal abuse in the aforementioned persons, presumably coming from the accused Hector Valer Pinto."
In the complaint filed by Catherine, she indicated that she was attacked by her father, "who slapped her, punched her, kicked her in the face and different parts of her body, and pulled her hair," Ana Montoya added that her husband "punched her in the the face and a push against the ground”. The neighbors of Hector Valer Montoya indicated that shouts and rudeness were always heard at his home to the detriment of his wife and daughter.
On February 8, 2017, the 9th Family Court of Lima issued protective measures in favor of the woman and prohibited Valer Pinto from "any conduct that constitutes violence and/or harassment against Ana María Montoya Leo, under threat of being criminally denounced for the crime of disobedience or resistance to authority.


Case 4: Nuria Villanueva Zafra

In 2020 amid the pandemic Nuria Villanueva Zafra suffered from violence, she related the following: In 18 years of marriage I suffered psychological, economic and physical violence until I finally decided to get my husband out of my life. His family justified not paying alimony because they said that I had kicked him out. When I asked him for money for his children's books, he replied: "You don't know who you messed with or what awaits you, donkey." Besides, he kept me captive for 24 hours in the house where we lived, he wouldn't let me go out, neither to buy nor to see the sun, until I was able to flee at dawn. In my isolation and recovery process I reported it to the authorities, but nothing happened. An activist friend put me in touch with other feminists who helped me with everything; I made three more complaints against the guy, but the police didn't even take it into account. Of course, we support each other. There I learned, I lived the sorority and I embraced my convictions. He's free, but we're not going to let him hurt anyone else. I had the courage to denounce the violence that happened to my ex-husband, not only in my private life, but in the institutions, because since I set foot in the offices of the Public Ministry they questioned me why I denounced "if that already had weather". They told me that if he was sure, they could put him in jail and then we women would change our minds. Finally I told them: if I were a man, would they be asking me the same thing?



Sources used:

PERU21, NOTICIAS. “Violencia Contra La Mujer: 7 Casos de Mujeres Que Fueron Brutalmente Agredidas [VIDEO] | MUNDO.” Peru21, 25 Apr. 2018, https://peru21.pe/mundo/violencia-mujer-7-casos-mujeres-brutalmente-agredidas-404807-noticia/

TVpe Noticias. “Milagros Rumiche Fue Dada de Alta Y Recomendó Denunciar Agresores.” TVPerú, 19 Apr. 2019, https://www.tvperu.gob.pe/noticias/locales/milagros-rumiche-fue-dada-de-alta-y-recomendo-denunciar-agresores

El Comercio, NOTICIAS. “La historia de tortura y discriminación a una peruana LGTBI que llegó a la corte IDH” Grupo El Comercio, 28 Ago. 2019, https://elcomercio.pe/mundo/actualidad/azul-rojas-marin-protagonista-terrible-historia-primer-caso-discriminacion-torturas-persona-lgtbi-llega-corte-idh-noticia-670259-noticia/

Redress, News. “Groundbreaking ruling: Inter-American Court finds Peru responsible for discriminatory torture against an LGBTI person and orders the State to combat discrimination” Redress, 7 April. 2020, https://redress.org/news/groundbreaking-ruling-inter-american-court-finds-peru-responsible-for-discriminatory-torture-against-an-lgbti-person-and-orders-the-state-to-combat-discrimination/

Loaiza, M. V. (2022, 4 febrero). Héctor Valer, presidente del Consejo de Ministros de Perú: “No soy un maltratador, no soy uno que pega”. CNN.https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2022/02/04/hector-valer-presidente-consejo-ministros-peru-acusado-violencia-familiar-maltratador-orix/

Cifuentes, C. (2022, 3 febrero). Violencia intrafamiliar, contra agentes de seguridad y colusión: la lista de denuncias que pesa contra el nuevo primer ministro peruano. La Tercera. https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/noticia/violencia-intrafamiliar-contra-agentes-de-seguridad-y-colusion-la-lista-de-denuncias-que-pesa-contra-el-nuevo-primer-ministro-peruano/QBSH7KTG35A7LPUE7JFEKQRQ7E/

Mente y Cerebro, articulo. “Violencia de genero” Mente y Cerebro. 2011 https://www.uv.mx/cendhiu/files/2013/08/Articulo-Violencia-de-genero.pdf

Universidad de Milano. “Sobre el concepto de violencia de genero y su relevancia para el derecho”. Estudio de Milano. 2019.https://www.corteidh.or.cr/tablas/r6522.pdf








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