19 b) Luis Alberto’s family –his mother and brothers Luis Fernando, Isaac Alonso and José Antonio, all surname Cantoral Benavides- suffered from his absence and shared in his pain and suffering because of the manner in which the events transpired, the conditions of his incarceration and the nature of the charges against him –treason and terrorism-, the humiliating treatment they received when they visited the victim and the way in which they were stigmatized by neighbors, acquaintances, the authorities and a sector of the press. Some family members were themselves the target of State persecution; c) Gladys Benavides López, the mother of the victim, personally undertook the job of securing her son Luis Alberto’s release and had to deal with the conditions under which her sons were being held. For her this was a form of mental abuse and entailed physical trauma as well, such as the vaginal inspections that she sometimes had to undergo when visiting Luis Alberto and Luis Fernando in prison, as she told the Court at the public hearing. During the time her son Luis Alberto was incarcerated, the regimen of visits was restricted. During the visits that were allowed she was not permitted to have any type of affectionate physical contact with him. Her physical and mental health has been gravely affected. Mrs. Benavides López was never able to learn the identity of those responsible for the facts in this case, as the corresponding authorities refrained from investigating and punishing the crimes. In accordance with the jurisprudence constante of the Court, she is entitled to be compensated for this pain and suffering; d) Luis Fernando Cantoral Benavides, the victim’s brother, suffered a fate similar to that of Luis Alberto. At present he is a refugee in Bolivia, living in forced exile, separated from his family and in desperate economic and social straits; e) Isaac Alonso Cantoral Benavides, the victim’s brother, saw his life changed, as his family life was torn apart. He suffered from depression and isolation, dropped out of school for a time and has suffered the social consequences of the stigmatization. He has also been the target of attacks, both before and after Luis Alberto’s release; f) José Antonio Cantoral Benavides, the victim’s brother, now lives in Bolivia; g) The victim’s representatives contend that equity demands that compensation for the pain and suffering caused to the victim during the 1,599 days of his imprisonment and the terrible aftereffects that persist even to this day be set at the sum of US$80,000.00 (eighty thousand dollars of United States of America), and the compensation for the pain and suffering caused to his next of kin at US$40,000.00 (forty thousand dollars of United States of America). These were the amounts requested by the victim’s representatives in their reparations brief. However, in their brief of conclusions regarding reparations, once again invoking the principle of equity, they request the sum of US$80,000.00 (eighty thousand dollars of United States of America) for Luis Alberto Cantoral Benavides and the sum of US$40,000.00 (forty thousand dollars of United States of America) for each of his next of kin;