8 justice with respect to her brother’s homicide and the multiple threats received by them because of their struggle for justice. Moreover, she addressed the lack of trust that she felt towards the police and the justice system in general, which has generated feelings of impotence, frustration, and insecurity. Finally, she testified about the decline in her father's health as a result of this situation and the loss of income and insecurity suffered by her parents. f) Alina Isabel Arce, presented by the common intervener, worked as an agent of the Division for the Protection of Important Individuals (“División de Protección a Personalidades Importantes”) of the National Police, Judges and Witnesses Section. She testified about the threats to the security and physical integrity suffered by José Mauricio García Prieto Hirlemann and Gloria Giralt de García Prieto during the period in which she served them as an agent, and the high level of risk in which the couple found themselves during their struggle for justice in the case of Ramón Mauricio García Prieto’s death. g) María Julia Hernández, presented by the common intervener, is Director of the Legal Aid Clinic of the Archdiocese of San Salvador. She testified about the investigations into violations of the right to life undertaken by her office. She stated that these investigations concentrated on the operation of the "death squads" after the end of the Salvadoran internal armed conflict. h) Ricardo Alberto Iglesias Herrera, presented by the common intervener is a lawyer who specializes in human rights. He rendered expert testimony about the alleged general context of impunity for various types of crimes, including grave violations of human rights in El Salvador. He also testified about actions taken by the police and judicial authorities to investigate the death of Ramón Mauricio García Prieto and the investigative steps taken by the Office of the Attorney General of El Salvador with respect to the threats to the García Prieto Giralt family which occurred as a result of their struggle for justice in this case. i) Mauricio José Ramón Gaborit Pino, presented by the common intervener, rendered expert testimony about the severity of the psychological effects suffered by José Mauricio García Prieto Hirlemann and Gloria Giralt de García Prieto caused by the partial impunity in the case of the homicide of their son, Ramón Mauricio García Prieto; by the alleged acts of intimidation and threats of which they have been victim as a result of their struggle for justice; and by the impunity which exists with respect to these acts. Finally, he classified the trauma suffered by each of them according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). j) Benjamín Cuéllar Martínez, presented by the common intervener, is the director of IDHUCA. He testified about the alleged acts of intimidation, threats, and attempted attacks on the lives and physical integrity suffered by him and other IDHUCA attorneys. He related these events to his work on the present case. k) Oscar Antonio Castro Ramírez, presented by the State, worked as assistant prosecutor for the Attorney General during the investigation of the group of prosecutors created to investigate the death of Mr. García Prieto. He