E/CN.4/1990/17 page 36 7 January 1989 in the peasant community of Lucre and the latter on 8 February 1989 in the peasant community of Circa, in the province of Abancay, Department of Apurimac. Both arrests were reportedly made by army personnel. Fears have been expressed about their physical and mental condition, because other persons arrested in this area maintained they had been tortured. 116. On 21 March 1989 the Government of Peru sent a letter to the Special Rapporteur about a case of complaints of torture of three persons transmitted on 11 May 1987. According to the Government, one of the persons, Erasmo German Javier Rodriguez, was arrested on 15 April 1986, together with three other offenders, while they were robbing a shop. They were taken to the Criminal Investigation Police station in Puerto Libre for inquiries. Mr. Rodriguez died of a heart attack on 16 April 1986 in the course of a reconstruction at the place of the events; it was proved by autopsy certificates and other formalities, in the presence of the Department of Public Prosecutions, that he had not been subjected to ill-treatment. As to the second person mentioned in the letter, Teresa Garcia Bautista, the Government affirms that in 1988 no such person is listed as being arrested by police or military personnel. The third person mentioned in the letter, Lino Guevara Justo, an alleged terrorist, was killed during an attack on the Civil Guard Post at Azangaro Puno on 21 September 1986 by a group of subversives carrying firearms and explosives. 117. On 6 April 1989 the Special Rapporteur sent a letter to the Government of Peru transmitting information to the effect that the following cases of torture and ill-treatment occurred in the annex of Puccahuasi, Sanaica, Province of Aymaraes, Department of Apurimac, during the fiesta of Santa Rosa de Lima on 27 and 28 August 1988: Mercedes Gutierrez Caypani, physically ill-treated, and even sexually molested; Antonio Tinco, tortured at the District College; Andres Torres Huamani, savagedly beaten up; Larrasce Huyhua, Eprocina Chipana, Llachua Jauregui Benite and other young persons from 18 to 30 years of age were raped and subjected to other violence at the District College; Gloria Cortes Chipana and Enrique Casablanca Chipana were tied up and hung from the beam of the ceiling at the District College; Mariana Huyhua was tortured to such an extent that he lost consciousness and vomited blood. He was taken on foot with three other detainees Mercedes Gutierrez, Andres Torres and Antonio Tinco - to the Cepoyo base. Some days later Andres Torres was released, bearing marks of torture. The guilty persons are said to be a group of 30 army men from the Cepoyo military base, under the orders of Lt. "Marco Antonio" Castro. The Special Rapporteur also received complaints about the following cases: (a) Jorge Altamirano and Luisa Quiroga Izquierdo, who were arrested by an army patrol while they were on their way from Santa Rosa to Colcabamba, Province of Abancay, on 14 October 1988, and they were taken to the Santa Rosa barracks. There, they stated, they were both tortured, more particularly by sharp blows, and the woman was raped. They were released on 24 and 25 October 1988, respectively, and were then hospitalized in the Abancay Regional Hospital because their physical condition was serious. These cases were communicated to the Abancay Provincial Criminal Prosecutor on 27 October 1988 and the Abancay Higher Prosecutor on 4 November 1988; (b) Alejandrina Enciso Vera, a local Red Cross worker, was accused of robbery and held by the Criminal Investigative Police. It is claimed that she was tortured by members of the police and forced to sign a document stating