41 and Sundays, we had no holidays to seat for a while and not work,"130 and besides, the difficulties she faced to study since the school she went was two hours of way on foot.131 The victim's mother also explained to the Court that after the death of her son she "felt very bad, [s]he [f]elt finished, she [h]ad no hungry, she had headaches and she was ill, [s]he was very exhausted.”132 153. Furthermore, though the Court positively values the delivery of the victim’s mortal rests to his next of kin and the Community, which made it possible to provide a burial according to the traditions, usages and customs of Paez People, it takes into account that the relatives had to wait four years until the State delivered the mortal remains of Mr. Escué Zapata. This long waiting had moral and spiritual repercussions in the relatives, inasmuch as according to Nasa culture, Since the Nasa child is born, the umbilical cord is sowed in the Mother Earth […] in order for the life to sprout. But when it dies, we also sow it, we do not bury it, and so there is the life. Taking him means to disrespect the culture, the Mother Earth. Taking off the bosom is cutting the womb of the woman who created him and saw him grow. It is a huge cultural violation, and it generates the desarmonization and uncontrol of the territory.133 154. Based on the foregoing, the Court deems it appropriate to set, in equity, the amount of US$ 50,000.00 (fifty thousand United States dollars) as compensation for the non pecuniary damages caused to Mr. Germán Escué Zapata as a result of the violations of the human rights as determined in this Judgment. 155. As to the next of kin of Mr. Escué Zapata, the Court orders the payment of the following amounts: a) US$ 25,000.00 (twenty-five thousand United States dollars) to the victim’s daughter, Myriam Zapata Escué, for the suffering caused as a result of the loss of his father, increased as her suffering was aggravated by her condition of minor;134 b) Us$ 20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States dollars) to the victim’s permanent companion, Bertha Escué Coicue, for the suffering caused as a result of the loss of her life companion. c) Us$ 20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States dollars) to Mrs. Etelvina Escué Zapata and the exact same amount to Mr. Mario Pasu, the victim’s parents, for the suffering caused as a result of the loss of their son, aggravated by the unsuccessful proceedings they carried out in the search for justice and, d) US$ 5,000.00 (five thousand United States dollars) to each of the victim’s siblings. * * * 130 Cf. Statement rendered by Myriam Zapata Escué in the public hearing held before the Court on January 29 and 30, 2007. 131 Cf. Statement rendered by Myriam Zapata Escué in the public hearing held before the Court on January 29 and 30, 2007. 132 Cf. Statement rendered by Etelvina Zapata in the public hearing held before the Court on January 29 and 30, 2007. 133 Cf. Statement rendered by Flor Ilva Trochez in the public hearing held before the Court on January 29 and 30, 2007. 134 Cf. Case of La Cantuta v. Peru, supra note 8, para. 219.

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