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paras. 54(12), 54(14), 54(47), 54(48), and 54(49)), all of which affected his dignity
and personal integrity, and caused him non-pecuniary damages.75
54(52) Mrs. Teresa Reyes Reyes, partner of Mr. Alfredo López Álvarez, was affected
since she had to support their family without any help due to the detention of the
alleged victim. Besides, she had to make different expenditures related with the
transfers to the penitentiary centers, food, and lodging, which caused her pecuniary
damages. Likewise, some of Mr. López Álvarez’s siblings incurred in expenses as a
consequence of his imprisonment.76
54(53) The arrest and the conditions in which Mr. Alfredo López Álvarez remained
imprisoned in the penitentiary centers of Tela and Támara and other facts derived from
that situation, such as: that Mrs. Teresa Reyes Reyes was pregnant at the time of the
arrest of Mr. López Álvarez; that she also had to take care of her children without the
support of their father; that they have not had a father figure close by, and three of
them, Alfa Barauda, Suamein Alfred, and Gustavo Narciso, all López Reyes were even
born while their father was detained, and the fact that the alleged victim remained
under preventive detention for more than six years, has caused suffering and feelings
of helplessness in Mrs. Teresa Reyes Reyes, the children of the alleged victim with said
women and the children of the latter. Besides, said situation also affected the other
children of Mr. López Álvarez, as well as the alleged victim’s parents and some of his
siblings.77
Regarding the representation of Mr. Alfredo López Álvarez before the domestic courts
and before the Inter-American system and the expenses incurred in during said
procedures
54(54) The Honduran Black Fraternal Organization (OFRANEH) incurred in expenses
related to the different administrative and judicial procedures carried out in the scope
of the domestic jurisdiction.78
54(55) The alleged victim and his next of kin have been represented in the procedure
before the Inter-American Commission by the Honduran Black Fraternal Organization
(OFRANEH) and before the Court by the OFRANEH and by the Center for Justice and
International Law (CEJIL), which have incurred in expenses related to this
representation.79
75
Cf. statement of Mr. Alfredo López-Álvarez offered in the public hearing celebrated before the InterAmerican Court on June 28, 2005, and statement of Mrs. Teresa Reyes Reyes offered in the public hearing
celebrated before the Inter-American Court on June 28, 2005.
76
Cf. proof of the expenses of Mrs. Teresa Reyes Reyes (dossier of appendixes to the brief of petitions
and motions, volume I, appendix 7, folios 68 through 116); statement of Mr. Alfredo López-Álvarez offered
in the public hearing celebrated before the Inter-American Court on June 28, 2005, and statement of Mrs.
Teresa Reyes Reyes offered in the public hearing celebrated before the Inter-American Court on June 28,
2005.
77
Cf. statement of Mrs. Teresa Reyes Reyes offered in the public hearing celebrated before the InterAmerican Court on June 28, 2005, and statement of Mr. Alfredo López-Álvarez offered in the public hearing
celebrated before the Inter-American Court on June 28, 2005.
78
Cf. proof of the expenses incurred in by OFRANEH (dossier of appendixes to the brief of petitions
and motions, volume I, appendix 9, folios 120 through 391).
79
Cf. proof of the expenses incurred in by CEJIL (dossier on merits and reparations and costs, volume
IV, folios 905 through 921), and notarial testimony of the granting of a power of attorney by Mr. Alfredo
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