21 88(e) The pensions of the alleged victims were equalized successively and periodically, “each time there was an increase in the salary scale of the active employees and officials of the Superintendency of Banks and Insurance,”34 from the time that each of the five pensioners retired until, in April 1992, the SBS suspended payment of the pension of Reymert Bartra Vásquez and, in September the same year, reduced the amount of the pensions of Carlos Torres Benvenuto, Javier Mujica Ruiz-Huidobro, Guillermo Álvarez Hernández and Maximiliano Gamarra Ferreyra, by approximately 78% without any prior notice or explanation35. special regimes” of November 19, 1982 (file of appendices to the application, appendix 21, folios 133 and 134); and Decree Law No. 20530 “Pension and Compensation Regime for Civil Service to the State not covered by Decree Law 19990” of February 26, 1974 (file of appendices to the application, appendix 19, folios 78 to 85). 34 Cf. administrative decision SBS No. 283-95 of April 7, 1995, with regard to Carlos Torres Benvenuto (file of appendices to the application, appendix 50, folios 192 and 193); administrative decision SBS No. 330-95 of May 4, 1995, with regard to Javier Mujica Ruiz-Huidobro (file of appendices to the application, appendix 51, folios 194 and 195); administrative decision SBS No. 331-95 of May 4, 1995, with regard to Guillermo Álvarez Hernández (file of appendices to the application, appendix 52, folios 196 to 198); administrative decision SBS No. 332-95 of May 4, 1995, with regard to Maximiliano Gamarra Ferreyra (file of appendices to the application, appendix 53 folios 199 to 201); and administrative decision SBS No. 254-2002 of March 12, 2002, with regard to Reymert Bartra Vásquez (file on merits and possible reparations, tome IV, appendix 6 of the communication of July 22, 2002, submitted by the representatives of the alleged victims and their next of kin, folios 991 to 994). 35 Cf. testimony provided to the Court by Carlos Torres Benvenuto on September 3, 2002; testimony provided to the Court by Guillermo Álvarez Hernández on September 3, 2002; communication of the Director of Labor Relations of the SBS of February 20, 1992, notifying Carlos Torres Benvenuto of administrative decision SBS No. 050-92 (file of appendices to the application, appendix 23, folios 138 and 139); SBS payroll for August 1992 with regard to Carlos Torres Benvenuto (file of appendices to the application, appendix 24, folio 140); SBS payroll for September 1992, with regard to Carlos Torres Benvenuto (file of appendices to the application, appendix 32, folio 154); SBS payroll for October 1992, with regard to Carlos Torres Benvenuto (file of appendices to the application, appendix 32, folio 155); communication of the Director General of Human Resources of the SBS of July 10, 1990, notifying Javier Mujica Ruiz-Huidobro of administrative decision SBS No. 480-90 (file of appendices to the application, appendix 25, folios 143 and 144); communication of the Director General of Human Resources of the SBS of August 16, 1990, notifying Javier Mujica Ruiz-Huidobro of administrative decision SBS No. 583-90 (file of appendices to the application, appendix 25, folio 144); communication of the Director General of Human Resources of the SBS of September 14, 1990, notifying Javier Mujica Ruiz-Huidobro of administrative decision SBS No. 637-90 (file of appendices to the application, appendix 25, folio 145); administrative decision SBS No. 115-91 of March 14, 1991, with regard to Javier Mujica Ruiz-Huidobro (file of appendices to the application, appendix 26, folios 146 and 147); SBS payrolls of March and April 1992, with regard to Javier Mujica Ruiz-Huidobro (file of appendices to the application, appendix 25, folios 141 and 142); SBS payroll of June 1992, with regard to Javier Mujica Ruiz-Huidobro (file of appendices to the application, appendix 27, folio 148); application for amparo of October 6, 1992, filed by Javier Mujica Ruiz-Huidobro before the lower civil court judge (file on merits and possible reparations, tome II, appendix 8, of the brief answering the application, folios 343 to 358); communication of the Director of Labor Relations of February 20, 1992, notifying Guillermo Álvarez Hernández of administrative decision SBS No. 050-92 (file of appendices to the application, appendix 28, folios 149 and 150); SBS payroll of June 1992, with regard to Guillermo Álvarez Hernández (file of appendices to the application, appendix 29, folio 151); SBS payroll of June