B.26. Santiago Francisco Valdéz Aguilar 80. Mr. Valdéz Aguilar was born in the municipality of El Quetzal, department of San Marcos, Guatemala, on July 25, 1961. He is the husband of Zoila Marina Pérez Ruíz. He lives in the village of Sintamá, municipality of El Quetzal, department of San Marcos, Guatemala. He completed sixth year of primary education. He was diagnosed with HIV in 2001 in the Coatepeque National Hospital. He began antiretroviral treatment in December 2002 with MSF. He has undergone CD4 counts (6-8) and viral load tests (2-4) irregularly. Initially, he was treated by MSF and was transferred to the Coatepeque National Hospital in 2002. He has suffered from the opportunistic diseases of oral candidiasis, dermatomycosis and minor mucocutaneous lesions. At times he has had to purchase the treatment for the opportunistic infections. He has not received nutritional, psychological or social support, but has received support from self-help groups. Before his diagnosis he worked in agriculture; however, owing to the deterioration in his health, he had to give up this work because he could not go out in the sun. Consequently, two of his sons went to the United States to be able to support his wife and him financially.342 81. His family unit consists of his wife Zoila Marina Pérez Ruíz, his sons and daughters Jhony Francisco, Boni Kennedy, Nancy Beatríz, Glendi Betsaida, Mildred Odalis, Zoila Argentina and Nelson Gudiel, all Valdéz Pérez343. B.27. Teresa Magdalena Ramírez Castro 82. Mrs. Ramírez Castro was born on November 10, 1974. She lives in Campo Santo Magnolia, Guatemala. She was diagnosed with HIV in 2002 by MSF’s Proyecto Vida. She began antiretroviral treatment on February 17, 2004. Initially, she received medical treatment from MSF and, subsequently, she was transferred to the Coatepeque National Hospital. She has undergone CD4 counts (5-9) and viral load tests (4) irregularly. She has suffered from the opportunistic diseases of cryptococcus, toxoplasmosis, fibromatosis and hyperglycemia. She is a housewife.344 83. Her family unit consists of her partner Carlos Isaías Martínez, her four sons and daughters Sayda Analy, Oscar Oswaldo and Lucrecia Paola, all Paz Ramírez, and Fredy Ramírez Castro, her granddaughter Evelyn Gabriela and her grandson Carlos Timoteo, both Paz Ramírez, her father Alfonso Ramírez, her mother Justa Rufina Castro, and her brothers Luis Alfonso, Mardoqueo and César Augusto, all Ramírez Castro.345 Birth certificate of Santiago Francisco Valdéz Aguilar (evidence file, folio 12860); Affidavit prepared by Santiago Francisco Valdéz Aguilar on December 21, 2016 (evidence file, folios 11790, 11791 and 11792); Table of information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, as an annex to the petitioners’ brief of June 27, 2008 (evidence file, folio 12774); table with information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, through interviews in November 2010 (evidence file, folios 12789 and 12803); report of the Administrative Director of the Coatepeque Hospital dated February 5, 2008, on the medical care provided to Santiago Francisco Valdez (evidence file, folio 1075); expert opinion provided by Ricardo Boza Cordero at the public hearing held before the Court and written report on this opinion (merits file, folios 1491 and 1492), and original petition of August 25, 2003 (evidence file, folio 465). 342 Affidavit prepared by Santiago Francisco Valdéz Aguilar on December 21, 2016 (evidence file, folio 11790), and list annexed to the IACHR Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio 12769). 343 Table of information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, as an annex to the petitioners’ brief of June 27, 2008 (evidence file, folio 12777); table with information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, through interviews in November 2010 (evidence file, folios 12787 12801); expert opinion provided by Ricardo Boza Cordero at the public hearing held before the Court and written report on this opinion (merits file, folio 1504), and power of attorney granted by the victims a the representatives by a deed of January 23, 2017 (merits file, folio 111). 344 345 List annexed to the IACHR Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folios 12769 and 12770). 109