75 96.136 On October 16, 2001 the Deputy Attorney General’s Office ruled on the appeal for reconsideration by Brigadier General Jaime Humberto Uscátegui Ramírez and upheld the April 24, 2001 decision (supra para. 96.134).140 Specific facts in connection with the alleged victims and their next of kin Sinaí Blanco Santamaría and his next of kin 96.137 Sinaí Blanco Santamaría was born on December 22, 1940 and he was 56 years old when he died. He was an independent gasoline merchant.141 96.138 Sinaí Blanco Santamaría was married to Blanca Lilia Ardila Castañeda for 25 years. Their children were Yudi Sirley Blanco Ardila, Arbey Blanco Ardila and María Isabel Blanco Ortiz.142 96.139 Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo was his common-law spouse for 5 years. Carmen Johanna Jaramillo Giraldo, daughter of Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo, was 16 years old at the time of the facts.143 96.140 Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo and her daughter Carmen Johanna Jaramillo Giraldo were financially dependent on Sinaí Blanco Santamaría. When he died they suffered pecuniary losses.144 Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo has worked as a seamstress and her daughter dropped out from school and has worked as a street vendor.145 96.141 Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo and her daughter Carmen Johanna Jaramillo Giraldo have been displaced several times, due to alleged threats by the 140 See October 16, 2001 ruling, issued by the Attorney General’s Office (file with appendixes to the reply to the application, appendix 1, pages 4420 and 4466). 141 See death certificate of Sinaí Blanco Santamaría (file with appendixes to the brief containing pleadings and motions, appendix 56, page 4080); birth certificate of Sinaí Blanco Santamaría (file with appendixes to the brief containing pleadings and motions, appendix 55, page 4078), and statement rendered as testimony before a notary public (affidavit) by Carmen Johanna Jaramillo Giraldo on February 4, 2005 (file with statements rendered before or authenticated by a notary public, page 4538). 142 See application filed on July 19, 1999 by Blanca Lilia Ardila Castañeda et al. before the Administrative Law Court of Meta (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 63, page 1230); Catholic marriage certificate of Blanca Lilia Ardila Castañeda and Sinaí Blanco Santamaría, and certificates before a notary public regarding the birth of María Isabel B. Ortiz, Arbey Blanco Ardila and Yudy SirLaw Blanco Ardila (evidence to facilitate adjudication of the case submitted by the representatives). 143 See statement by Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo, rendered before the Office of the Notary Public of the Circuit of Acacias, Meta, on December 4, 2003 (file with appendixes to the brief containing pleadings and motions, appendix 56, page 4082), and birth certificate of Carmen Johanna Jaramillo Giraldo (file with appendixes to the brief containing requests, appendix 56, page 4081). 144 See testimony of Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo rendered before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 7, 2005, and statement by Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo, rendered before the Office of the Notary Public of the Circuit of Acacias, Meta, on December 4, 2003 (file with appendixes to the brief containing pleadings and motions, appendix 56, page 4082). 145 See statement rendered as testimony before a notary public (affidavit) by Carmen Johanna Jaramillo Giraldo on February 4, 2005 (file with statements rendered before or authenticated by a notary public, page 4541), and statement by Nory Giraldo de Jaramillo, rendered before the Office of the Notary Public of the Circuit of Acacias, Meta, on December 4, 2003 (file with appendixes to the brief containing pleadings and motions, appendix 56, page 4082).