107 432. Claudia Ivonne Ramos Monárrez and Jorge Daniel Ramos Monárrez also testified before the immigration judge about specific acts of harassment which led them to feel threatened and that their lives were in danger, so that they requested the United States authorities to give them asylum, and this was granted.435 433. The judge granted them asylum finding that “[o]ver the course of the past eight years, the Mon[á]rrez Salgado family has faced harassment, threats, and attacks on their lives that rise to the level of persecution. Each family member suffered individual incident that were sufficiently life threatening that would constitute persecution alone. However, it becomes clear that they have suffered persecution when one considers the cumulative effect of the years of intimidation, harassment, and physical attacks.”436 434. Regarding the next of kin of Laura Berenice Ramos, the expert evidence provided to the proceedings before the Tribunal determined that they suffer constant fear owing to the dangers and the different threats they have experienced, reflected in acts that occurred in public places, which have jeopardized their safety and their integrity, and in the absence of a prompt and adequate response to their complaints by the authorities. They have also suffered feelings of loneliness and isolation, as a result of their growing lack of confidence in the authorities.437 435. The file in the instant case includes information on the existence of a pattern of state conduct towards the next of kin of women victims of violence in Ciudad Juárez, consisting in depreciatory, disrespectful and even aggressive treatment when they try to obtain information about the investigations.438 In most cases, this results in distrust and fear, so that they do not denounce the facts. The next of kin stated that, at times, they were told to stop making inquiries and taking other steps to seek justice.439 Furthermore, it has been reported that “the harassment and threats directed at the victims’ families, their representatives and civil society organizations have intensified as national and international pressure increased,” because they are blamed for the national and international dimension that the situation has acquired.440 436. Based on the foregoing, the Court considers that the body of evidence reveals that Mrs. Monárrez suffered various acts of harassment following her daughter’s disappearance and until she abandoned her country to go into exile in the United States; a situation experienced by her three children and her grandchildren also. 437. In the case of the Herrera family, on April 5, 2006, Mrs. Monreal Jaime testified before the Prosecutor’s Office that her son, Adrián Herrera Monreal, “had been intercepted when driving his car; two Municipal Police patrol cars and two Judicial Police vans arrived, they made him get out of his car, they beat him and they took his vehicle. [E]ight months later, the car appeared dismantled in a lot belonging to the 435 Cf. written decision of the Immigration Court, supra note 432, folios 4018 to 4020. 436 Cf. written decision of the Immigration Court, supra note 432, folios 4028 and 4029. 437 Cf. testimony of expert witness de la Peña Martínez, supra note 186, folio 3352. 438 Cf. IACHR, The Situation of the Rights of Women in Ciudad Juárez, supra note 64, folios 1745 and 1770, and Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra note 64, folio 1924. 439 Cf. IACHR, The Situation of the Rights of Women in Ciudad Juárez, supra note 64, folios 1748 and 1769. 440 Cf. Report on Mexico produced by CEDAW, supra note 64, folio 1946.