26 sister Mercedes Palomino-Buitrón died on April 5, 2003. 32 His daughter is Ana María Gómez-Guevara.33 54.22. At the time of the events, Mr. Santiago Gómez-Palomino provided his family with a significant part of its financial support.34 His forced disappearance had a seriously adverse impact on the financial position of Mrs. Victoria Margarita Palomino-Buitrón and his younger brother and sisters, Emiliano, Mercedes, Mónica, Rosa and Margarita Palomino-Buitrón, which caused them pecuniary damages.35 54.23. Likewise, the pecuniary damages caused by the forced disappearance of Mr. Gómez-Palomino affected in several ways the personal and professional development of his younger brother and sisters. Mr. Emiliano Palomino-Buitrón, who was then only seventeen years old, was not able to complete his high school studies, and Mrs. Mónica Palomino-Buitrón, who was then fourteen years old, had to drop out of school in order to accompany her mother in the search for her missing brother and had to get a job. The youngest sisters of Mr. Santiago Gómez-Palomino —Rosa and Margarita Palomino-Buitrón— who were ten and seven years old at that time respectively, furthered their studies only up to their first year at high school.36 54.24. In spite of the extreme poverty affecting the family, three months after her son disappeared, Mrs. Victoria Margarita Palomino-Buitrón took care of her fifteen- 30 Cf. Birth Certificate of Rosa Palomino-Buitrón issued by the Civil Status Registry of the Municipality of Chorrillos on August 11, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, Appendix 25, page 177). 31 Cf. Birth Certificate of Margarita Palomino-Buitrón issued by the Civil Status Registry of the Municipality of Chorrillos on August 11, 1995 (Appendix 26, page 180). 32 Cf. Death Certificate of Mercedes Palomino-Buitrón issued by the Registry Office of Lima, District of San Juan de Miraflores On April 23, 2003 (file with appendixes to pleading of requests and arguments, Appendix 2, page 356). 33 Cf. Birth Certificate No. 3901 of Ana María Gómez-Guevara issued by the Civil Status Registry of the Municipality of Metropolitan Lima on October 5, 1992 (file with appendixes to the application, Appendix 20, page 157). 34 Cf. testimony rendered before an official whose acts command full faith and credit by Mrs. Victoria Margarita Palomino-Buitrón on September 14, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations and costs, Volume II, pages 516 to 519), and testimony rendered before an official whose acts command full faith and credit by Mrs. Esmila Liliana Conislla-Cárdenas on September 16, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations and costs, Volume II, pages 520 to 522). 35 Cf. testimony rendered before an official whose acts command full faith and credit by Mrs. Victoria Margarita Palomino-Buitrón on September 14, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations and costs, Volume II, pages 516 to 519), and testimony rendered before an official whose acts command full faith and credit by Mrs. Esmila Liliana Conislla-Cárdenas on September 16, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations and costs, Volume II, pages 520 to 522). 36 Cf. testimony rendered before an official whose acts command full faith and credit by Mrs. Victoria Margarita Palomino-Buitrón on September 14, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations and costs, Volume II, pages 516 to 519), and expert witness report rendered before an official whose acts command full faith and credit by Mrs. María del Pilar Raffo-Lavalle de Quiñones, on August 29, 2005 (file on the merits, reparations and costs, Volume II, pages 493 to 512).