Carmen Rosa Panduro Ramírez was a Peruvian housewife who fought against Ecuadorian troops in the

Battle of Rocafuerte The Battle of Pantoja and Rocafuerte, known also simply as the Battle of Rocafuerte, was a military confrontation between Peru and Ecuador that took place on August 11, 1941, during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War. Background Hostilities between P ...

during the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War.

Early life

Panduro was born in 1918 in Requena to parents María Ramírez Coral and Federico Panduro Sandoval. She later married Peruvian second sergeant Juan Manuel Peñaherrera Valera, with whom she had two children.

Battle of Rocafuerte

On August 11, 1941, during the context of the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, hostilities broke out between Ecuadorian and Peruvian troops, which then escalated into a battle. This was despite the fact that a ceasefire had been declared eleven days prior and both parties were located in their respective side of the de facto border agreed upon by both parties in 1936. During the battle, Panduro's husband was assigned to the frontline, and a

military exclusion zone A military exclusion zone (MEZ) is an area in the immediate vicinity of a military action established by a country to prevent the unauthorized entry of civilian personnel/equipment for their own safety or to protect natural assets already in place ...

had been established. Despite this, she caught up with him. After he was shot in the arm, she treated him by bandaging his arm with his own uniform, as well as other wounded soldiers. After treating her husband, she grabbed a rifle and took part in the battle, later attempting to board the Peruvian gunboat ''Amazonas'', only to be ordered to get off by military personnel.

Later life

She died in Iquitos on November 11, 1989. She is remembered and referred to as a heroine in Peruvian history, most specifically in the history of Loreto.

Rosa Panduro District Rosa Panduro District is a district of the Putumayo Province in Peru, and one of the four districts that comprise that province. History Rosa Panduro was part of Maynas Province until April 17, 2014 when it was created as District by Law N° 30 ...

was created in 2014, named in her honor.

References

{{reflist 1918 births 1989 deaths Women in war Peruvian women