In addition, the Court has taken note of the anguish and suffering experienced by the next of kin of Jorge Omar Gutiérrez as a result of the facts of the case and of the impunity in which his death remains (supra paras. 141 to 146). In the specific case of Nilda del Valle Maldonado and Francisco Gutiérrez, the Court has noted the additional effects derived from their participation as injured parties in the criminal proceedings (supra paras. 141 and 142). Consequently, and in light of the Agreement reached by the parties, the Court finds that, in equity, the State must provide the victims with the following amounts, in United States dollars: Name Nilda del Valle Maldonado de Gutiérrez Jorge Gabriel Gutiérrez Omar David Gutiérrez Marilin Verónica Gutiérrez Francisco Gutiérrez Nilda Gutiérrez E. Relationship Wife Son Son Daughter Brother Sister US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ US$ Amount 20,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 Costs and expenses E.1. Arguments of the parties 187. The representatives stated that the victims were assisted by two private lawyers up until the beginning of 1998, when another person began to represent them. In addition, they had to finance the domestic proceedings. Hence, they asked the Court to order compensation that included, in equity, a symbolic amount for the expenses incurred in the domestic jurisdiction during the 19 years that the case has been processed. 188. Regarding the costs incurred for the proceedings before the inter-American system, the next of kin of Jorge Omar Gutiérrez were represented by the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS). According to the representatives, they had to pay the ordinary expenses of processing the case (expenditure for telephone calls, fax, mail and supplies) amounting to US$2,500.00 (two thousand five hundred United States dollars), plus the expense of three trips to Washington D.C., with the respective expenses when they were summoned to hearings and/or working meetings, attended by two people each time. According to the representatives, the Gutiérrez family covered their own expenses to be present on these occasions before the Commission, attended by two people on the first occasion, and three people on the other two. In this regard, the representatives indicated that they do not have vouchers for the amounts paid out; they therefore asked the Court to order, in equity, the sum of US$1,500.00 (one thousand five hundred United States dollars) per person, for each of these trips, for a total of US$9,000.00 (nine thousand United States dollars) for CELS and US$12,000.00 (twelve thousand United States dollars) for the family. 189. Lastly, the representatives alleged that the following disbursements were made for travel and accommodation in order to attend the public hearing at the seat of the InterAmerican Court in San José, Costa Rica: Nilda del Valle Maldonado disbursed US$1,978.63 (one thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight United States dollars and sixty-three cents); the attendance of Luis Valenga, which was paid by the Gutiérrez family, cost US$2,127.21 (two thousand one hundred and twenty-seven United States dollars and twenty-one cents), and the attendance of Paula Litvachky and Gabriela Kletzel, which was covered by CELS represented a cost of US$5,035.79 (five thousand and thirty-five United States dollars and seventy-nine cents). Consequently, they asked the Court to order the State to reimburse 62