E/CN.4/1994/31 page 94 446. Marcos González Tuanama was arrested on 29 April 1992 by a military patrol and taken to Mariscal Cáceres military base in the department of San Martín. While under interrogation he was reportedly subjected to torture in the form of electric shocks and beatings. 447. Antero Peña Peña, a peasant leader and ex-President of the Quispampa Community (Huancabamba province, department of Piura) and Manager of the Regional Agrarian Federation of Piura, was arrested on 27 May 1993 by members of the army stationed in Huancabamba. For three days he was allegedly severely beaten, losing consciousness on several occasions, and he was threatened with death if he disclosed his ill-treatment. (d) Urgent appeals 448. The Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government on 22 June 1993 concerning María Lucero Cumpa Miranda, who was detained in Lima by members of the police early in May 1993. Another appeal was made on 16 August 1993 on behalf of Juan Abelardo Mallea Tomailla, a taxi driver, who was detained in Lima on 10 July 1993 by members of DINCOTE. Information received from the Government with respect to cases included in previous reports 449. On 18 December 1992 the Government sent a reply on the cases of Jorge Nabid León Ramírez and his brother César, reported to have been seriously beaten outside their home in Ayacucho in January 1992. The Government indicated that these persons had neither been arrested by military personnel nor ill-treated by members of the Huamanga Garrison. Information submitted by the Government in connection with Commission resolution 1993/48 450. The Government submitted a number of notes verbales reporting on activities carried out by the Shining Path and MRTA terrorist groups in different parts of the country, including, selective murders, indiscriminate car bombings, threats against the life, person or property of individuals and kidnapping. 451. The Government also provided information on a number of decrees promulgated in 1992 and 1993 in order to combat terrorism and pacify the country, including measures for reducing sentences and for repentance and amendments to the Code of Military Justice intended to protect better the rights of those accused of terrorism and treason. The Government also submitted information on its policy for the defence and promotion of human rights within the context of the pacification policy. It was further reported that, in the previous months there had been a reduced number of encounters between security forces and terrorist organizations and, therefore, the number of allegations of human rights violations had decreased.