24 appropriately. She still feels great sadness; all the brothers feel unprotected because most of the family lives in the Dominican Republic, from where they came. The witness suffers depression. She hopes that justice is attained and that her mother’s remains can be taken to her country of origin. 32. Marisol Montenegro Cordero, a sister of José Ramón Montenegro Cordero. José Ramón Montenegro Cordero was single and had no children; he worked as a mason and a painter. He supported his mother Nicasia Cordero and his younger brothers by means of contributions. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage. There were no vigil expenses because the remains were never delivered to the next of kin of the victim. COFAVIC has covered expenses incurred in pursuit of justice. The health of José Ramon’s mother, who already suffered high blood pressure and a heart condition, has worsened since then, and this has led to greater expenses in medicine and more frequent medical appointments. The witness feels very lonely since the death of her brother because he was the person to whom she felt closest; she suffers insomnia, depression, and she especially suffers due to impunity regarding the facts. The grief is the same, but to calm it she hopes to receive her brother’s remains. 33. Aura Rosa Liscano Betancourt, a sister of José Miguel Liscano Betancourt. José Miguel Liscano Betancourt was twenty-one when he disappeared after leaving the house to play basketball. He worked as a file clerk at a firm and he attended an accounting course. He was single and had no children. He had contributed income to his family on a weekly basis for a year, and at home he helped support his younger brothers. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage. The witness lost her job because of the steps she had to take to find out the whereabouts of her brother. She incurred transportation costs while searching for her brother. COFAVIC covered costs involved in seeking justice. According to his friends, the night he disappeared he had left them to go home, which was about 150 meters away from where he left them. Since he had not arrived by nine p.m., his next of kin went out to search for him, but they were stopped by military agents. At six the following morning, after a sleepless night, all the family members went out to look for him at the hospitals, at the National Guard and at the Metropolitan Police, to no avail. The following day, they went to the city morgues but his name was on none of the entry records. The search lasted three months. The sister went to the Technical Corps of the Judiciary Police to report him as a missing person. The feeling of uncertainty remained until the Inter-American Commission informed her that “the State had answered [the Commission] that [her] brother was dead and buried on the same day” of his disappearance.