41 132. Lazo Loayza, Dante Eusebio 269. Zapata Benites, Alberto 133. Lazo Zegarra, Nora Ruth 270. Zavala Rivera, Víctor Manuel 134. Leau Caballero De Herrera, Betty Eudocia 271. Zavala Torres, Dora Jasmine 135. Libaque Villanueva, Manuel Isaac 272. Zevallos Alzamora, Olga Cecilia 136. Linares Ruiz, María Ilmer 273. Zuloeta Camacho, Ángel 137. López Rubiños De Rivero, Nelly Esperanza 114. Furthermore, although evidence was tendered in the instant case regarding the alleged damage suffered by some of the relatives of the 273 victims as a consequence of the violations so declared, the Court deems that nor the Commission or the representative have alleged that said persons were victims of any violation of a right enshrined in the American Convention. Based on the foregoing and considering the case-law of the Tribunal, the Court does not consider that the next-of-kin of the victims in the case at hand are "injured parties" and it also determines that they will be beneficiaries of the reparations only in the capacity as heirs, that is, if the victim died and pursuant to the provisions of the domestic legislation. i. B) Compensation Pecuniary Damage 115. The Court’s case law has developed the concept of pecuniary damage and the cases in which compensation therefore is due.97 116. The Commission indicated that “it falls upon the victims to define their claims” regarding the pecuniary damage caused, while the representative requested the Court, when establishing the value of the compensation for pecuniary damage, to bear in mind, in particular, “the loans and the sale of property that the victims were obliged to resort to, [...] in order to cope with the abrupt reduction in their pensions”. According to the representative, the victims were forced to incur expenses to "deal with the severe reduction of their financial means that, until the month of April 1993, allowed them to afford their basic human needs of food and shelter, as well as the education of their children". In the affidavits and testimonies, some of the victims made reference to expenses incurred as a result of the payment of medicine and treatment of diseases allegedly related to or worsened by the facts of the case.98 117. The Tribunal notes that even though the Commission, the representative and, where applicable, the victims made reference to a patrimonial 97 This Tribunal has established that pecuniary damages involve “the loss of or detriment to the victims’ income, the expenses incurred as a result of the facts, and the monetary consequences that have a causal nexus with the facts of the sub judice case”. Case of Bámaca Velásquez V. Guatemala. Reparations and Costs. Judgment of February 22, 2002. Series C No. 91, para. 43; Case of Kawas Fernández, supra note 13, para. 162; and Case of Perozo et al., supra note 13, para. 405. 98 Cf., inter alia, affidavit rendered by Cosme Marino Vargas Salas (record of affidavits and observations, page 2557); affidavit rendered by Juan José Medina Morán (record of affidavits and observations, pages 2559-2560); affidavit rendered by César Daniel Collantes Sora (record of affidavits and observations, pages 2561-2562); affidavit rendered by Julio César Borrero Briceño (record of affidavit and observations, pages 2563-2564), and affidavit rendered by Dicha Laura Arias Laureano (record of affidavits and observations, page 2570).