57.
Mrs. García Castañon was born on January 14, 1964, in the municipality of Pajapita,
department of San Marcos, Guatemala. She lives in La Ceiba, Pajapita, San Marcos. She was
diagnosed in 2003 by MSF’s Proyecto Vida and began to receive medical care from MSF that
same year. She was transferred to Clinic No. 12 of the Coatepeque National Hospital, and
began her antiretroviral treatment in 2007. She has not undergone regular CD4 counts or
viral load tests. She has suffered from opportunistic diseases such as
vulvovaginal
candidiasis and chronic diarrhea. She has received talks in the hospital, and information on
condoms and reinfection.319
58.
Her family unit consists of the father of her sons Juan Guillermo Cifuentes Orozco,
her sons Leonidas Alberto, Guillermo Neemias, Elder Neftalí and Juan Antonio (deceased),
all Cifuentes García, and her daughter Ingrid Olivia Cifuentes García, her mother Leodora
Castañon, and her current partner Santos Isacar Vásquez Barrios.320
B.15. Santos Isacar Vásquez Barrios
59.
Mr. Vásquez Barrios was born on November 3, 1968, in the municipality of Ocos,
department of San Marcos, Guatemala. He lives in Tecum, Guatemala. He completed second
year of primary education and can read and write. He works collecting and selling coconuts.
He was diagnosed with HIV in 2003 by MSF’s Proyecto Vida, where he was treated with
trimethoprim for approximately nine months, and then they gave him efavirenz with
lopinavir and ritonavir. Subsequently, he was transferred to Clinic No. 12 of the Coatepeque
National Hospital, which was around 40 minutes from his home and the journey costs
approximately 45 quetzals on the days he has an appointment. He began antiretroviral
treatment in 2004. He has undergone CD4 counts (4) and viral load testing (1). He has
suffered from syphilis, neurosyphilis, herpes zoster, recurrent cutaneous mycosis, parasites,
fever, diarrhea with blood, vomits with white phlegm, slight aphonia and pharyngitis. He has
received talks on treatment adherence, and nutritional and psychological support from
Proyecto Vida, and psychological care in Clinic No. 12.321
60.
His family unit consists of his daughter Irma Noelia Vásquez Barrios, his mother
Margarita Barrios Hernández, his father Rogelio Saturnino Vásquez, his grandmother Juana
de Jesús Vásquez, and his current partner Ismerai Olibia García Castañón.322
B.16. Mardo Luis Hernández y Hernández
61.
Mr. Hernández y Hernández was born on July 3, 1983, in the municipality of Ocos,
department of San Marcos, Guatemala. He lives in Colonia San Julián, La Blanca
municipality, San Marcos, Guatemala. He completed third year of primary education. He
Birth certificate of Ismerai Olibia García Castañon (evidence file, folio 12848); table with information
collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, during meetings and review of the petitioners’ medical records in November
2010, which was attached to the brief with motions, pleadings and evidence (evidence file, folios 12795 and
12796), and the petitioners’ brief of August 7, 2009 (evidence file, folio 825).
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The petitioners’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folio 1362), and list annexed to the IACHR
Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio 12768).
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Birth certificate of Santos Isacar Vásquez Barrios (evidence file, folio 12840); Affidavit prepared by Santos
Isacar Vásquez Barrios on February 12, 2017 (evidence file, folios 11802, 11803 and 11804); table with
information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, during meetings and review of the petitioners’ medical records in
November 2010, which was attached to the brief with motions, pleadings and evidence (evidence file, folio 12797),
and the petitioners’ brief of August 7, 2009 (evidence file, folio 827).
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The petitioners’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folio 1362), and list annexed to the IACHR
Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio 12768).
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