68 167. 168. 169. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180. 181. Cecilio Tecú Chajáj Lorenza Tecú Chajáj Pedro Tecú Manuel Bartolomé Tecú Manuel Carlota Tecú Manuel Victoria Tecú Manuel María Antonia Tecú Morales Paulina Tecú Morales Gregorio Tejeda Orellana Bartolo Tejeda Orellana Isabel Tejeda Orellana Hilaria Tejeda Orellana Antonio Tejeda Everildo Tejeda Lázaro Alvarado Raxcacó B) PECUNIARY DAMAGE Arguments of the Commission 69. The Commission alleged that: It is difficult to calculate the pecuniary damage caused to the members of the Plan de Sánchez community, owing to the years that have elapsed, the oral tradition characteristic of their culture, which explains the impossibility of finding documents authenticating the material losses they suffered, and the type of financial and agricultural economy of the community, where they ceased to farm for many years; a) The indirect damage includes the patrimonial damage suffered as a consequence of the massacre and the expenses which the victims or their next of kin incurred as a direct result of the events. The inhabitants of Plan de Sánchez never recovered the property they lost; b) The “loss of earnings” should be determined justly and fairly, bearing in mind the wages that the victims failed to perceive as a result of the violation of their right to life, taking into account their age at the time of death, the number of years before they could hope to reach the average life expectancy in Guatemala and the minimum wage in force. An amount must also be determined, in fairness, for the “loss of earnings” of the survivors and the next of kin of the victims who were extrajudicially executed in the massacre, for the damage they were caused; and c) Regarding the amount of the compensation for pecuniary damage to which the next of kin of the victims have a right, the Commission refers to the request made by the representatives and asks the Court to determine this in fairness. Arguments of the representatives 70. The victims’ representatives indicated that: