18.
Mrs. Estrada Ruíz was born on March 2, 1948. Her schooling ended after she had
completed third year of primary education and she was a housewife. She was diagnosed
with HIV in 2001. MSF treated her in 2001 but she did not start antiretroviral treatment
until 2006. She did not undergo CD4 counts or viral load testing. She suffered from oral
candidiasis, herpes zoster and neuropathy. She was registered at the Coatepeque National
Hospital and died there from a common illness on July 26, 2016. 278
19.
Her family unit consisted of her husband José Luis Hernández (deceased), her
mother María Herlinda Ruíz, her sons José Luis Alberto, Estuardo Edison and Osma Vinicio,
all Hernández Estrada, and her sisters, Karen Herlinda and Miriam Lisbeth, both Hernández
Estrada.279
A.11. Alberto Quiché Cuxeva
20.
Mr. Quiché Cuxeva lived in the municipality of Retalhuleu, department of Retalhuleu,
Guatemala. He was monitored by the Roosevelt Hospital. Mr. Quiché did not have access to
CD4 counts or viral load testing that would have determined whether the treatment he
received was appropriate. He died from pneumonia on January 4, 2001.280
21.
Alberto Quiché Cuxeva’s family unit consisted of his daughter Marisela Quiché Gualip,
his father Víctor Quiché Ramírez, his mother Manuela Cuxeva García and his sister, Lucía
Quiché Cuxeva.281
A.12. Silvia Mirtala Alvarez Villatoro
22.
Mrs. Alvarez Villatoro was born in the municipality of Guatemala, department of
Guatemala, Guatemala, on October 13, 1978. She was diagnosed with HIV in 2002, in the
Psychiatric Department of the IGGS and, that year, began irregular antiretroviral treatment.
She underwent CD4 counts and viral load testing irregularly. She suffered from fungus
infections. She did not receive either psychological or nutritional support; she merely
received talks on the recommended use of condoms from an NGO. Before her diagnosis, she
worked in a printing shop, but was dismissed owing to her health status. The journey to the
hospital took her 75 minutes. She died on March 13, 2016, from bacterial meningitis and
drug resistance.282
23.
Her family unit consisted of her partner Mayra Aidee Mejía Martínez, her daughter
María José Mejía Martínez and her son Layonel Ismar Josué Mejía Martínez, her sister Lilián
Updated table of information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, as an annex to the petitioners’ brief of
June 27, 2008 (evidence file, folio 12776); Updated table of information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón in
interviews conducted in November 2010 (evidence file, folios 12803 and 12804); the petitioners’ brief of August 7,
2009 (evidence file, folio 831), and the State’s report of August 26, 2010 (evidence file, folio 1460).
278
The petitioners’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folio 1365), and list annexed to the IACHR
Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio 12770).
279
Updated table of information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, as an annex to the petitioners’ brief of
June 27, 2008 (evidence file, folio 12777); 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 the petitioners’ brief of August 7, 2009 (evidence file, folio 818).
280
The representatives’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folio 1359); list annexed to the IACHR
Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio 12766), and updated table of information of December 10, 2010
signed by Dr. Cristina Calderón (evidence file, folio 12801).
281
Birth certificate of Silvia Mirtala Alvarez Villatoro (evidence file, folio 12870), and updated table of
information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón and interviews conducted in November 2010 (evidence file, folio
12801).
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