where his medication was changed and he developed resistance to the drugs. He did not
undergo phenotype and genotype testing. He suffered from tuberculosis, herpes and the
human papilloma virus. He lost his sight and developed sores. He was interned in the San
José Hospice for 22 days and died there on December 5, 2003, owing to cardiac arrest,
mycosis, and AIDS.263
5.
Ismar Ramírez Chajón’s family unit consisted of his mother, María de Jesús Chajón
de León, his sister Edna Yolanda Ramírez de Roche, his brothers Carlos Fernando and Ariel,
both Coc Chajón, his nephew Abner Antonio and his niece Karla Susely, both Ramírez Mejía,
and his partner.264
A.4. Petrona López Robledo265
6.
Mrs. López Robledo was born on March 20, 1980. She had received no schooling and
she was a laundress. She lived in the department of Suchitepéquez, in Guatemala, with her
partner, Miguel Álvarez, who was also a person living with HIV. She was diagnosed on
February 26, 2001, in the Mazatenango Hospital. She received medical monitoring in the
San Bernardino Public Health Center, department of Suchitepéquez. However, she did not
receive treatment to combat the HIV, and did not have access to CD4 counts and viral load
testing to start antiretroviral treatment. She began antiretroviral treatment in mid-2003.
She died from pneumonia in January 2004.266
7.
Her family unit consisted of her two young daughters Marelyn Damaisa and Juana
Sugeidi, both Xum López, who were cared for by their aunt, Marcela Xum Basilio, following
their mother’s death.267
A.5. Rita Mariana Dubón Orozco
8.
Ms. Dubón Orozco was born on March 29, 1979. She began to receive treatment in
2002 in the Coatepeque National Hospital. She received antiretroviral treatment through
MSF starting in mid-2003. She did not undergo CD4, viral load, phenotype and genotype
testing which would have allowed her infections to be treated in time. She suffered from
generalized sepsis, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, chronic renal failure and
pneumonia. She died on June 27, 2006.268
Affidavit prepared by María de Jesús Chajón De León on January 5, 2017 (evidence file, folio 11712); the
petitioners’ brief of December 10, 2010, which included data collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón (co-petitioner) from
the medical records of the presumed victims and from interviews (evidence file, folio 1401), and death certificate of
Ismar Ramírez Chajón dated December 15, 2003 (evidence file, folio 12762).
263
The petitioners’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folio 1360), and list annexed to the IACHR
Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio 12766).
264
Clarification by the petitioners in the brief on precautionary measures of August 16, 2004 (evidence file,
folio 11111), and State’s report of June 18, 2004, on the clarification of the name of Petrona López Robledo
(evidence file, folio 11134).
265
Sheet with confidential data on HIV patients dated March 8, 2001, signed by Proyecto Vida corresponding
to Petrona López Robledo (evidence file, folio 11189), and the petitioners’ brief of December 10, 2010, which
included data collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón (co-petitioner) from the medical records of the presumed victims
and from interviews (evidence file, folios 1400 and 1401).
266
The petitioners’ brief of August 7, 2009 (evidence file, folio 818); the petitioners’ brief of September 30,
2011 (evidence file, folio 1360), and list annexed to the IACHR Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio
12766).
267
The petitioners’ brief of December 10, 2010, which included data collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón (copetitioner) from the medical records of the presumed victims and from interviews (evidence file, folios 1401 and
1402); the Guatemalan State’s report of October 1, 2010 (evidence file, folio 1433), and table with updated
268
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