by expert witness Claudia Carrillo Ramírez 369 and on the statement of Ignacio Landaeta Mejías during the public hearing before the Court. 282. In this regard, the Court notes that the existence of close ties between the family members and the Landaeta Mejías brothers has been demonstrated, because they formed part of a single family group, and both brothers “made a financial contribution to the household before their death.” 370 In this regard, María Magdalena Mejías Camero stated that the family was very close and carried out activities together. 371 283. In addition, the Court has declared the responsibility of the State for the violation of Article 4 (Right to Life) to the detriment of Igmar Landaeta and for the violation of Articles 7, 4 and 5 to the detriment of the minor Eduardo Landaeta, facts that caused profound suffering to the members of the victims’ family. In this regard, the statements made during the processing of this case and the expert appraisal made by Claudia Carrillo reveal that the deaths have had a psychological, personal and emotional impact on the family members, causing them profound anguish, sorrow and suffering. 372 284. In this regard, the expert witness indicated that the parents had endured the greatest suffering, 373 because the unexpected death of their sons had caused symptoms of “trauma, anxiety, and emotional disorders, such as depression.” 374 Similarly, María Magdalena stated that, “despite the years that have passed, [she] still cannot accept that [her] two sons are dead” and that she “still ha[s] not found consolation”; 375 hence, the expert witness concluded that “her life has passed trying to overcome the empty space that her two sons left in her home and in her life.” 376 285. The expert witness also observed psychological damage in the individuals she evaluated, which, in the case of Victoria Eneri Landaeta Galindo, meant that, since her brothers died, she has suffered from sleep disorders and even “fantasized, while playing, that she had conversations with them,” 377 which resulted in her parents taking her to receive psychological and psychiatric treatment. Meanwhile, Francy Yellut Parra stated that both she and Igmar Landaeta were full of illusions and had made many plans for 369 Expert psychological appraisal prepared by affidavit by the psychologist Claudia Carrillo Ramírez of: Ignacio Landaeta Mejías, María Magdalena Mejías, Victoria Eneri and Leydis Rossimar, both surnamed Landaeta Galindo, José Luis Tovar Mejías, Francy Yellut Parra Guzmán and Johanyelis Alejandra Landaeta Parra, on January 29, 2014 (merits file, folios 855 to 866). 370 Expert psychological appraisal made by Claudia Carrillo Ramírez dated January 29, 2014, supra (merits file, folio 854). 371 Cf. Affidavit made by María Magdalena Mejías (mother) on January 23, 2014 (merits file, folio 773). 372 Cf. Affidavits made on January 23, 2014, by the family members, supra (merits file, folios 773 to 778; 779 to 783; 784, and 788 to 794); Testimony of Ignacio Landaeta Muñóz during the public hearing before the Inter-American Court on February 6, 2014, and Expert psychological appraisal made by Claudia Carrillo Ramírez dated January 29, 2014, supra (merits file, folios 855 and 860). One of the sisters, Victoria Eneri Landaeta Galindo, stated that, even though she was very young, she “was aware that death was irreversible”; she knew that she would not see her brothers again. In addition, both Victoria Eneri and Leydis Rossimar Landaeta Galindo stated that the “aloofness that their father adopted following the events” and his attitude, since he was always “focused on the cases” before the courts, affected them profoundly. Cf. Expert psychological appraisal made by Claudia Carrillo Ramírez dated January 29, 2014, supra (merits file, folio 858), and Affidavit made by Leydis Rossimar Landaeta Galindo on January 23, 2014 (merits file, folio 784). 373 Cf. Expert psychological appraisal made by Claudia Carrillo Ramírez dated January 29, 2014, supra (merits file, folio 861). 374 Expert psychological appraisal made by Claudia Carrillo Ramírez dated January 29, 2014, supra (merits file, folio 855). 375 Affidavit made by María Magdalena Mejías on January 23, 2014 (merits file, folio 776 and 777). 376 Expert psychological appraisal made by Claudia Carrillo Ramírez dated January 29, 2014, supra (merits file, folio 861). 377 Expert psychological appraisal made by Claudia Carrillo Ramírez dated January 29, 2014, supra (merits file, folio 858). 80