23 She would like the State’s decision accepting the contents of the “application,” such as the anomalies in the proceeding and that it was a political crime, to be published. Also, there should be a public act of reparation during which the State’s lack of interest for all these years should be acknowledged, and when it is recognized that she was “right to fight for justice to be done.” Moreover, the people of Guatemala should know that Mr. Carpio Nicolle died “as he would have wished, as a national leader, trying to do what was best for his country.” She also requested that study grants should be established, and a contest to study and examine Mr. Carpio Nicolle’s life and work in journalisms and in politics, because he wanted to be remembered as someone who had worked for the wellbeing of his country. She also requested that reparations should be made, insofar as possible, for the damage and grief caused to four families. Nevertheless, she stated that nothing could compensate the lack of her husband, from an affective, financial and personal security point of view for herself and her sons. Moreover, a valuable political figure had been lost. She fears that something could happen to her sons, “or that something will happen,” since the parallel powers that masterminded her husband’s murder still exist. b) Testimony of Karen Fischer, lawyer and Mr. Carpio Nicolle’s former daughter-in-law She is a lawyer and notary. She was a prosecutor for corruption cases and had to resign, because they wanted her to file the corruption cases against former President Alfonso Portillo, the former Vice President and other highranking officials. Currently, she has her own law office. She was married to Rodrigo Carpio, the son of Mr. Carpio Nicolle, and the latter was like her second father. Mr. Carpio Nicolle decided to go into politics. Despite this, as director of “El Gráfico” and as Secretary General of the UCN, he did not use the newspaper’s resources to support the party or vice versa. He was always careful to maintain his family’s capital assets. However, he did use “his newspaper” to publicize his tours. There was no direct connection between the UCN and “El Gráfico”; in other words, the newspaper was not a spokesman for the UCN; the former dealt with journalistic issues, the latter with political issues. Mrs. Fischer began to work with Mr. Carpio Nicolle and became his private secretary, the finance secretary for the two political campaigns, and the liaison between the UCN Executive Committee and its deputies in Congress. Subsequently, there were three draft amnesty laws that attempted to cover up political and common crimes from 1986 to the fake coup d’état. Mr. Carpio Nicolle rejected these draft laws totally. Mrs. Fischer stated that Mr. Carpio Nicolle died because of his opposition to the political amnesty. Since the amnesty was not adopted, General José Domingo García Samayoa, who had directly threatened Mr. Carpio Nicolle, was discharged.