Virginia Nolasco and Ana Lidia Sensión. 242 Some of the members of this family, for example, Reyita Antonia Sensión, were unable to collect this document. 243 B.2.5. Rafaelito Pérez Charles 220. Rafaelito Pérez Charles was born in the Dominican Republic on August 18, 1978, and has a Dominican identity card. 244 His parents are Clesineta Charles (supra para. 95) and Rafael Pérez. 245 The State indicated that Mr. Pérez Charles is a Dominican citizen, according to information that appears in its civil registers; therefore, it had no objection to replacing the corresponding documentation, either the birth certificate or the identity card. 246 221. On July 24, 1999, 247 Mr. Pérez Charles was arrested by several immigration agents when he was leaving his place of work. The officials asked him for his documentation and he told them that it was at his home and asked to be given the opportunity to go and fetch it; but the officials did not permit this. The officials then made him board a “guagua,” in which there were a large number of people, and he saw how the officials hit some of them. The Dominican authorities took them to a detention center “where there were many Haitians there, prisoners,” and then the authorities transported them to Jimaní, from where they were expelled to Haitian territory. During the transfer they were not given food or water. When Rafaelito Pérez Charles reached Haiti, he met a man who, after being paid, helped him to return on foot to the Dominican Republic; once there, he walked for several days until he reached his home again. Due to the expulsion, he lost his job in the sugar mill. 248 He is living with the fear that he will be expelled again. 249 According to Rafaelito “they arrest you because you are dark, because you are black.” 250 The State noted that there is record of his deportation. 251 242 Cf. Safe-conducts of Antonio Sensión, Ana Virginia Nolasco, and Ana Lidia Sensión, issued on April 7, 2010 (file of annexes to the motions and arguments brief, annex B07, f. 3522). 243 Affidavit made by Antonio Sensión. 244 Cf. Identity card of Rafaelito Pérez Charles (file of annexes to the Merits report, annex 36, f. 296); birth certificate of Rafaelito Pérez Charles, and Affidavit made by Rafaelito Pérez Charles on September 29, 2013 (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, f. 1737). 245 Cf. Birth certificate of Rafaelito Pérez. The sheet with general information on Rafaelito Pérez Charles and his birth certificate note that his mother is Clesineta Charles and that his father is Rafael Pérez. 246 Cf. Report of the Dominican Government on the measures adopted to comply with the Commission’s recommendations in relation to this case issued by the Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic to the Organization of American States on July 6, 2012 (file of annexes to the Merits report, f. 216). Also, a note of the Central Electoral Board of July 5, 2012, reported that it attached the “printout from the master list of identity documents and of the birth declaration of Rafaelito Pérez Charles, which show that they are free of any impediment” and provided a certification of the Central Electoral Board from the master list of identity documents dated July 4, 2012 (file of annexes to the Merits report, fs. 2171, 2172 and 2199). 247 Cf. Affidavit made by Rafaelito Pérez Charles, and statement made by Rafaelito Pérez Charles to Columbia University of January 10, 2001 (annexes to the Merits report, annex 37, fs. 298 and 299), in which he stated that the expulsion was on July 24, 1999. 248 Cf. Affidavit made by Rafaelito Pérez Charles. In this statement he indicated that he walked for a week to reach his home. However, in the statement made on January 10, 2001, to Columbia University, he indicated that it was four days. 249 Affidavit made by Rafaelito Pérez Charles. 250 Cf. Affidavit made by Rafaelito Pérez Charles. 251 Cf. Certification issued by the National Prisons Directorate on February 4, 2013 (file of annexes to the answering brief, f. 6220); Note No. 044-13 issued by the General Directorate of Immigration of the Ministry of the Interior and Police, noting that there is no record of the deportation of Rafaelito Pérez Charles, among other persons mentioned on a list. 73