Janethe Alvarez Villatoro, her father Víctor Manuel Alvarez Alvisures, and her mother Nibia
Matilde Villatoro Galicia de Alvarez (deceased).283
A.13. Juana Aguilar
24.
Mrs. Aguilar was born in the municipality of Génova, department of Quetzaltenango,
Guatemala, on July 13, 1967. She lived in Caserío Guadalupe, Génova, Costa Cuca,
Guatemala. She was diagnosed with HIV on January 18, 2000, in the Guadalupe Red Cross
Health Center. In March 2002 she began to receive support from MSF. She began her
antiretroviral treatment in November 2005. She suffered from herpes zoster, recurrent
infection of the respiratory tract, viral tonsillitis, severe infections and sarcoidosis. Her last
appointment was on April 30, 2014. According to information provided by Dr. Calderón, Mrs.
Aguilar is deceased. However, owing to a lack of communication with her next of kin, the
precise details of her death are unknown.284
25.
Her family unit consisted of her partner Felipe de Jesús Hernández (deceased), her
daughter Jessenia Carolina and her sons Julio César and Felipe Guillermo, all Guzmán
Aguilar, her father Julián Cabrera Aguilar, and her grandsons Gerber Gudiel Guzmán Aguilar
and Andi Enrique Sales Guzmán.285
A.14. Melvin Yovani Ajtun Escobar
26.
Mr. Ajtun Escobar was born on July 31, 1981. He was diagnosed in the Retalhieu
Hospital in 2001. He began treatment in 2004, through MSF. He did not undergo regular
CD4 counts and viral load testing. He suffered from dermatomycosis, constant fever for
more than a month, fungal skin infections, atypical pneumonia, oral candidiasis, pharyngitis,
oral papillomatosis and oral hairy leukoplakia. He did not have the financial resources to
acquire medicines. Before his diagnosis he worked in a welding workshop. In 2006, he
attended Clinic No. 12 of the Coatepeque National Hospital, where he also received
antiretroviral drugs. He attended talks on the use of the condom and the prevention of
reinfection. He died on June 17, 2016, from causes unrelated to HIV.286
27.
His family unit consisted of his wife Heidy Mariela Lucas González, his sons Elías
Emmanuel Ajtun Lucas and Marvin Josué Lucas González (deceased) and his mother Bertha
Luz Escobar.287
A.15. José Cupertino Ramírez
The petitioners’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folio 1363), and list annexed to the IACHR
Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio 12769).
283
Information provided by Proyecto Vida, Coatepeque, on the updating of the data of the persons who filed
a petition against Guatemala before the Court (evidence file, folio 11215); the petitioners’ brief of April 2, 2004
(evidence file, folio 455); the petitioners’ brief of August 7, 2009 (evidence file, folios 830 and 831); table with
information collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón, through interviews in November 2010 (evidence file, folio 12788),
and Report on the medical care provided to Juana Aguilar dated February 5, 2008, signed by the Administrative
Director of the Coatepeque Hospital (evidence file, folio 168).
284
The petitioners’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folios 1364 and 1365), and list annexed to the
IACHR Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folio 12782).
285
The petitioners’ brief of August 7, 2009 (evidence file, folios 825 and 826); table with information
collected by Dr. Cristina Calderón through interviews in November 2010 (evidence file, folios 12782, 12795 and
12796), and birth certificate of Melvin Yovani Ajtun Escobar (evidence file, folio 12898).
286
The petitioners’ brief of September 30, 2011 (evidence file, folios 1359 to 1366), and list annexed to the
IACHR Merits Report of April 13, 2016 (evidence file, folios 12765 – 12771).
287
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