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delivery, due to an infection caused by her presence at the exhumations. She
still suffers very much due to the uncertainty regarding the whereabouts of
the victim. She suffered insomnia and nightmares, as well as depression.
One of her brothers, Oscar Alfredo, has had drinking problems since then and
has refused to receive professional support. She asks that the facts in
connection with Fidel Orlando be investigated.
30.
Judith Borjas, an aunt of Roberto Segundo Valbuena Borjas.
Roberto Segundo Valbuena Borjas died at the age of twenty-two. He was a
machine operator and had planned to attend college. He was single and had
no children. He had come from the interior to live with the witness in
Caracas. He had contributed on a weekly basis to the household for five
years. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage.
The next of kin began to take the steps required to bury the victim and
incurred funerary costs, but his mortal remains were never delivered to them.
COFAVIC covered costs involved in seeking justice.
The witness was suspended from her job because she was busy seeking
justice. For her, the victim was like a son. Roberto Segundo’s mother, Rubí
Borjas, received medical treatment because she suffered a kidney condition
due to hypertension caused by the events. The two of them covered
treatment costs. The witness suffered precocious menopause. She continues
to be affected when she knows that her sons and another nephew who lives
with them have gone out to the street. To date, she continues to take
tranquilizers. She has suffered insomnia and depression; sometimes she
works until dawn to keep her mind busy. Her greatest grief is not having
been able to bury the victim, for which reason her most intense wish is to be
able to do this, and to attain justice.
31.
Ybelice Altagracia Ramírez, a daughter of Elsa Teotiste Ramírez
Caminero.
Elsa Teotiste Ramírez Caminero worked as a waitress; she was married and
her children are Alejandro Idelfonso, Yovanny Manuel, Ydel Ramón, Elsa Julia
and the witness. Her aunt Marisol Vitalina Caminero recognized the victim in
some photographs. At the time of the event, the victim earned minimum
wage. The victim’s income had served to pay for her children’s studies and to
support the family over the last seven years. Aside from that, Elsa Teotiste
made a contribution to her mother fortnightly, sometimes weekly.
There have been no vigil expenses because the victim was buried in a
common grave and the remains have not been delivered to the next of kin.
COFAVIC covered expenses incurred in pursuit of justice.
For the children, their mother was at the same time like a father. The older
brothers had to stop studying and begin to work. Her aunt has taken charge
of the other brothers.
The younger brother of the witness received
psychological treatment only nine months, the cost of which was 350,000.00
Bs. (three hundred and fifty thousand bolívares) and was covered by her aunt
Marisol Caminero, and he no longer studies as a consequence of the trauma.
What grieves the witness most is not having been able to bury her mother