51 seriously affected the cohesion of his recently-formed family. Dealing with this damage has involved expenditure for Mario Arturo López Arrivillaga, related, inter alia, to his personal security and mental health. He still suffers from the anxiety of being ambushed or executed.112 7. Ricardo San Pedro Suárez 76(91) Ricardo San Pedro Suárez worked in “El Gráfico” from 1977 to 1996. He founded the UCN, together with Mr. Carpio Nicolle. He had been a friend of Jorge Carpio Nicolle and his family for many years.113 76(92) He has been affected psychologically and emotionally, at the personal and the family level, by the death of Jorge Carpio Nicolle and by the attack of July 3, 1993, which he witnessed firsthand.114 The legal representation of the alleged victims and the corresponding expenses 76(93) The alleged victims have been represented by national lawyers in the domestic sphere and by CEJIL in the proceedings before the Commission and the Court, so that some of the alleged victims and CEJIL incurred a series of expenses related to these measures.115 VIII MERITS Considerations of the Court 77. The Court considers that, in the instant case, the body of evidence provides sufficient proof to conclude that the extrajudicial execution of Jorge Carpio Nicolle was politically motivated. 78. Furthermore, the Court considers that, during the domestic proceedings in this case, there was continual obstruction of the investigations by State agents and 112 Cf. testimonial statement made by Mario Arturo López Arrivillaga before notary public on June 15, 2004 (brief on merits, reparations, and costs, tome II, folios 592 to 596). 113 Cf. testimonial statement made by Ricardo San Pedro Suárez before notary public on June 15, 2004 (brief on merits, reparations, and costs, tome II, folio 571). 114 Cf. testimonial statement made by Ricardo San Pedro Suárez before notary public on June 15, 2004 (brief on merits, reparations, and costs, tome II, folio 572). 115 Cf. testimony of Martha Arrivillaga de Carpio before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on July 5, 2004; testimony of Karen Fischer before the Court on July 5, 2004; copy of the domestic judicial file of the Carpio case (file of appendixes to the requests and arguments brief, appendix 1, 15 tomes); copies of various judicial procedures in the domestic proceeding (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 20, tome II, vol. 2, folios 1049 to 1218); and documents supporting the expenditure incurred by CEJIL (brief on merits, reparations, and costs, tome I, appendixes 10 to 14 to the requests and arguments brief, folios 269 to 287).