18 As regards the rest of the family members, the condition and poverty in which they live, turns them “vulnerable.” They have had to overcome several difficulties to survive along all these years, in very critical conditions, such as malnutrition. They have had psychosomatic symptoms mainly associated to the stress caused by the events. Several members of the family have reported to suffer difficulty to get asleep. Crispín Baldeón has shown severe difficulty in this respect, “suffering from insomnia, always associated to his concerns about the judicial process.” There are also symptoms such as frequent headaches. Two of his sisters have reported to have experienced chokes when thinking or speaking about their father’s case. An important moment for all of them was the exhumation and subsequent burial of the remains of the alleged victim; this was something “moving for all the family.” It has provided certain relief. It is important to know that all they had claimed for has been acknowledged, that his father is buried in his community and that they can visit his grave on death celebration festivities, which are very important for them. In spite of the experience they had to endure, the family shows persistency and strength to continue in their quest for justice. This has brought about the impossibility of taking care of the children in order to follow up the legal process. For example, the children of Crispín have repeatedly requested their father to give up, they say they are tired. For them, the time elapsed is discouraging. They warn their father that something wrong, such as disappearing, might happen to him too. The family lived in a rural community growing crops in their “farm” and taking seasonal jobs in the coast to increase their income. After the events, they had to live in extreme poverty; they lost everything, their land and the possibility to work in any other “farm”, since they moved to the city. Bernabé Baldeón-García was very important for his grandchildren too. Several of his grandchildren were very little when the events took place. Bernabé provided maintenance for some of them, becoming a paternal figure for them. One of his grandchildren has stated the following: “I lived with my grandpa, I cried a lot, I was very sad, I missed my school classes. I could not return to school. My grandpa bought me all the things I needed for school as if I were his son. He looked after us.” A key factor for the “family disintegration” has been the fact that the family had to leave the community. Weeks after the event happened, they left the place and they slept in the woods for fear of reprisals. This fact caused the fracture of the “community cohesion and the permanent family separation,” and this is a stress factor affecting all outcasts and refugees. In addition, this situation became worse given the threats they received after the first complaint was filed. The facts in the instant case have not only directly affected the family, but they have also affected the community where they lived. Nobody could accept that something like this could have happened to Bernabé Baldeón-García, a man who was considered to be a good person. This generates a questioning of the basic beliefs of the community, of the sense of confidence and justice. To sum up, in the case of the next of kin of Bernabé Baldeón-García there are several chronic conditions that have contributed to the subsistence of emotional sequels, such as: a) the impact of an unexpected loss; b) the knowledge about the details of how he was allegedly tortured, which in turn amounts to a permanent torture for them; c) the impact of the displacement and the loss of community

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