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559. Regarding the housing support provided with resources from the IVI, consisting
of two “pies de casa” (foundations for houses) and the support for productive projects
from a program coordinated by the federal Government through the Social
Development Secretariat (SEDESOL), the Court refers to its remarks in paragraph 529
and, consequently, does not consider it part of the compensation owed to the
victims.541
560. Lastly, regarding the support consisting in a purchase contract signed with the
IVI, by which Mrs. Monárrez acquired the property referred to in paragraph 554, as
well as other types of support consisting in groceries, and other donations in cash and
kind, the Tribunal will take them into account when calculating the compensation.
6.1.
Pecuniary damage
6.1.1.
Consequential damage
561. The representatives indicated that, “owing to the disappearances and
subsequent deaths of Esmeralda, Claudia Ivette and Laura Berenice, their respective
families incurred in a series of extraordinary expenses, […] emphasizing that these
were not limited to the funeral expenses and the burial of the bodies.” They stated
that, “from the time each victim disappeared, their families had to make different
expenditures to print and copy flyers […] to publicize their disappearance”; they also
had to pay “special travel and living allowances to some family members […] so they
could assist in the search for the victims,” and make “extraordinary payments for
telephone calls and other miscellaneous expenses during the weeks they were
disappeared.” The representatives also indicated that, although they do not have
supporting documentation, they consider it pertinent that the Court grant general
compensation of US$150.00 (one hundred and fifty United States dollars) for each
week of disappearance until the time the bodies were found, to be distributed as
follows: (i) for Esmeralda Herrera, US$150.00 (one hundred and fifty United States
dollars); (ii) for Claudia Ivette González, US$600.00 (six hundred United States
dollars), and (iii) for Laura Berenice Ramos, US$1,050.00 (one thousand and fifty
United States dollars).
562. The representatives acknowledged that the State had granted special assistance
to pay for the funeral services in 2004 and 2006 covering “some of the expenses
incurred by Mrs. Monreal and Mrs. González in 2001,” calculated at $2,600.00 (two
thousand six hundred Mexican pesos) and $6.500.00 (six thousand five hundred
Mexican pesos), respectively. Regarding Mrs. Monárrez, they indicated that “there is no
record that she received any special assistance.”
563. Although they produced no supporting documents for the funeral expenses, the
representatives asked the Court to establish the following amounts for consequential
damage arising from the funeral expenses incurred by the families of the victims: (i)
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Mrs. González and Mrs. Monreal acknowledged that they had received the “pies de casas.” However,
the State did not contest the statement made by one of the mothers during the public hearing in relation to
the condition of the buildings, that “we were given a pie de casa [foundations for houses] which is twenty
meters or so; it is in a dangerous area, it is in a rubbish dump, […] it is dangerous, it is a high-risk area” (Cf.
testimony of Mrs. González, supra note 183). Nor did it contest the testimony of expert witness Azaola
Garrido that the pie de casa the State had granted them “[i]s a room of approximately 4 x 4 meters, in a lot
far from the city that lacks any kind of services and, at the outset, there was no public transport, which
meant that they had to spend up to two hours traveling to their places of work, and there were long periods
when the children had to remain alone” (Cf. testimony of expert witness Azaola Garrifo, supra note 186, folio
3370).
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