E/CN.4/1994/31 page 92 (c) Virginia Huamaní Garay and Luz María Blas Sánchez were arrested by a military patrol on 15 August 1991 while waiting for a bus on a street in Lima. They were reportedly taken to a factory guarded by the army, raped by 12 soldiers and warned not to report the incident. (d) Maria Elena Loayza Tamayo, professor at the University of San Martín de Porres, was arrested on 6 February 1993 in Lima by members of the National Directorate against Terrorism (DINCOTE) on suspicion of maintaining links with members of the Sendero Luminoso. She was kept incommunicado from 6 to 15 February during which time she was reportedly beaten and kicked mainly in the head and thorax, submerged in water to simulate drowning, and raped several times, in order to obtain her confession. (c) Individual cases transmitted to the Government 434. Higinio Quispe Pérez, Vice-President of the Rural Brigades of the area of San Pedro de Sulcán, Concepción, Huancayo, department of Junín, and Eleuterio Inga were arrested by soldiers on 12 April 1991 and taken to Chaquicocha military base where they were reportedly beaten in order to force them to provide information on terrorist activities. On the following day they were transferred to Chupaca base where, together with Héctor Méndez Córdoba, they were reported to have been severely beaten, with hoods over their heads and their hands tied behind their backs throughout. 435. Rafael Leandro Rodríguez Eduardo, was reportedly ill-treated on the premises of El Tambo police station in the department of Junín where he had gone to report a robbery in June 1991. He was reportedly blindfolded, beaten on various parts of the body including the ears and genitals. His arms were then tied behind his back and water with detergent was sprayed in his face, after which he was suspended by his arms from a beam. 436. Senobio Huancavelica, base, and was and the chest Enr��quez Vargas was arrested on 24 January 1992 at Manta, by, it is suspected, members of the army from the local military reported to have been severely beaten and cut in the left arm with a knife. 437. Juan Arnaldo Salomé Aduato was arrested in Huancayo, Junín, on 24 April 1991 by members of the police and taken to the 9 de Diciembre police station where he remained until his release on 10 June 1991. During his detention he was reportedly severely beaten, suffocated, suspended in the air and deprived of food. 438. José Natividad Flores Rojas, ex-President of the Rural Brigades of San Juan, was arrested on 22 July 1992 at Bagua Chica, Bagua, Amazonas, by members of the army from the Fifth Forest infantry division. He was detained for 13 days, during which he was reportedly severely beaten and subjected to electric shocks. He was also reported to have been left suspended for long periods, which caused dislocation of the arms at the shoulders.