a)
the various expenses that José Carlos Trujillo Oroza’s next of kin
incurred in order to investigate his whereabouts, in view of the cover-up of
the facts and the failure of the Bolivian authorities to investigate them. These
expenses include visits to prisons and public institutions, expenses for travel,
principally to Santa Cruz, plane tickets, accommodation, food, payments for
telephone calls and other items. With regard to the amounts requested by
CEJIL and the Commission for the expenses incurred while processing the
domestic proceeding and the proceeding before the inter-American system,
the Court will decide on this in the chapter on costs and expenses (infra para.
129). In view of the foregoing, the Court considers that it is fair to grant the
amount of US$3,000.00 (three thousand United States dollars) for the
concept of the expenses incurred by the victim’s next of kin in their search for
him;
b)
the medical treatment required by Gladys Oroza de Solón Romero, the
victim’s mother, because she suffered various ailments as a result of the
detention-disappearance of her son. However, no elements of evidence were
provided quantifying the amount spent on this treatment. Mrs. Oroza’s
ailments are consistent with the situation of the disappearance of her son, the
uncertainty about his whereabouts, the suffering from not knowing the
circumstances of his death, and her frustration and impotence in the face of
the lack of results of the investigations into the facts conducted by Bolivian
public authorities. In view of the foregoing, this Court considers that it is
pertinent to grant Gladys Oroza de Solón Romero, in fairness, the amount of
US$20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States dollars) for the concept of
medical expenses; and
c)
although the issue of the economic losses of José Carlos Trujillo
Oroza’s mother, Gladys Oroza de Solón Romero, presumably arising form the
loss of the position she occupied and the resulting reduction in her pension,
was raised during the public hearing, the representatives of the victim and his
next of kin did not provide any elements of evidence in this regard, so the
Court will not make a decision in this respect.
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75.
Based on the foregoing, the Court establishes the following amounts as
compensation for pecuniary damage owing to the violations decided in the judgment
of January 26, 2000:
Victim
Reparation for pecuniary damage
Loss of
Expenses
Medical
earnings of
incurred in
expenses of
José Carlos
the search
the victim’s
for the
mother
victim