26 COFAVIC has covered all expenses caused by and related to disappearance of the victim and pursuit of justice. There have been expenses especially for medicine required due to the nervousness of the victim’s mother. All the family suffered enormous despair, preoccupation and anguish. The victim’s mother was constantly anxious the first years; she still has the expectation that Abelardo Antonio will turn up alive. To date, his mother suffers insomnia, severe depression and nervousness. What is terrible is the uncertainty of not knowing whether the victim is alive or dead. The mother has felt doubt and hope over the last thirteen years, and she now hopes that those responsible are punished and that justice is attained. 36. Juan Carlos Suárez Sánchez, a brother of Andrés Eloy Suárez Sánchez. Andrés Eloy Suárez Sánchez was born on September 22, 1956 and he disappeared on February 27, 1989. He had completed third year of secondary school. He worked as a carpenter and a confectioner, and had taken courses in confectionery, baking, and carpentry. He was single and had no children. He had contributed regularly to household expenses since he began working. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage. Even though his income was low, what he contributed helped the family. However, what grieves his family most is his absence. COFAVIC has covered all expenses in connection with the efforts to determine the whereabouts of his brother and to attain justice. The victim’s mother, María Antonia Sánchez de Suárez, receives psychiatric treatment at a cost of 180,000.00 Bs. (one hundred and eighty thousand bolívares) monthly, and takes tranquilizers. The most lasting feeling has been one of sadness and powerlessness in face of what happened, and also that of not being able to obtain justice because they are a very poor family. The greatest obstacle to understand what happened has been the uncertainty of not knowing where Andrés Eloy is, non-elucidation of the facts, and not having been able to bury the victim in an appropriate manner. The witness hopes that justice is attained and that his brother’s remains are located, to bury him according to his religious beliefs. 37. Emileydis Ferrán Cedeño, a sister of Jesús Salvador Cedeño. Jesús Salvador Cedeño died at age twenty-seven. He studied law, worked as a legal adviser, and was single. After his death, the family found out that he had a child, whom he had not yet acknowledged. He had helped his mother, Sofía Cedeño, financially since he began to work, with monthly contributions. He also helped the witness study, and paid for his own education. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage. There have been no vigil expenses because the remains of the victim have not been delivered to his next of kin. COFAVIC has covered the cost of legal actions, but since the family moved back to the city of origin, Marutín, its members incurred expenses due to travel and while staying in Caracas to