60 with the newspaper, so that he was the principal reference point for its sales and its projection among its readers; ii. It was a family enterprise and the only source of income for the Carpio Arrivillaga family; iii. The principal financial damage resulting from Mr. Carpio Nicolle’s execution was the decline and subsequent closing down of the operations of “El Gráfico” after 35 years of active presence among the major printed media in Guatemala and Central America; iv. At the time its director was executed, “El Gráfico” generated annual sales of five million dollars. 1992 and 1993 were the years when “El Gráfico” was most profitable. At June 30, 1993, the year of Mr. Carpio Nicolle’s execution, the company had managed to accumulate its highest registered capital ($557,453 equivalent to 32% of its total net worth). However, after 1994, the company’s annual profits decreased considerably, because they declined by about 50% in relation to the previous period and continued in this way until in 1999 the company had a deficit that obliged it to close down; v. One of the main causes of the newspaper’s decline was the withdrawal of advertising by companies who, in the absence of Mr. Carpio Nicolle, lost confidence in newspaper’s stability; vi. With Mr. Carpio Nicolle’s death and the closing down of “El Gráfico,” 450 employees lost their jobs in a seven-year process of cutting back on personnel; vii. Without Mr. Carpio Nicolle, the family enterprise could not sustain itself, despite the family’s efforts. When operations ceased, the family’s financial situation changed drastically, because neither Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio nor her sons and their respective families ever received salaries and profits again; viii. The debts contracted with the banks have subsisted, even though the company no longer exists, and this obliges the family to sell family patrimonial assets to pay them. Currently, these debts are paid by Jorge Carpio Arrivillaga, and ix. The family is not requesting total reimbursement of the patrimony expended owing to the closing down of the family enterprise, but a compensation, in fairness, since Mr. Carpio Nicolle’s death was caused directly by actions of the State and since his death was a fundamental factor in the disappearance of “El Gráfico” which represented the family’s patrimony. Juan Vicente Villacorta Fajardo and his next of kin f) It is difficult to calculate the loss of earnings of Juan Vicente Villacorta. However, the Villacorta Arrivillaga family estimates that he provided a monthly income of approximately three thousand dollars.