14 José del Carmen Pirela León died at the age of sixteen. In 1990 the next of kin were given the body of the victim, after its exhumation from a common grave. He was single, had no children, studied in secondary school, and in his spare time worked as a craftsman. He had contribute on a weekly basis to household expenses for a year. At the time of the event, he earned minimum wage. She covered expenses in connection with the vigil. expenses regarding the search for justice. COFAVIC covered The victim was like a son to the witness, who raised and educated him. She had to seek psychological treatment due to the “total loss of control” she suffered; she was very anguished during the time in which José del Carmen was missing. Eight days after the victim’s disappearance, she heard of his death and burial in a common grave. During those days of uncertainty she searched for him in hospitals, at morgues and in jails. She felt no wish to live and was emotionally lost. Today, she still becomes disturbed when she sees groups of people. She has moved to another part of the country to forget. She has had to find a new job, because during the search for her nephew she could not go to work. She even took her younger child out of school for fear of losing him too. She has found support in COFAVIC’s work, but she still sufferers insomnia and is at risk of losing her eyesight in the right eye due to very high pressure. All she asks is for justice to be served. 14. María Teresa Rivas, the mother of José Vicente Pérez Rivas. José Vicente Pérez Rivas died at the age of eighteen. He worked as a cold meats salesman, and he wanted to enter the Naval Academy. He was single and had no children. He contributed to household expenses on a weekly basis, and the family has missed this contribution since he died because the witness earned a low wage at the work she then had. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage. Her husband covered the expenses in connection with the vigil. COFAVIC has covered expenses in the search for justice. After the event, the witness stopped working and was hospitalized at a psychiatric clinic for three months. Her husband died, and now her livelihood comes from a pension. She wrote letters to her son as a way to give vent to her feelings. The witness has received psychological assistance and has required medication to date. She covers the cost of treatment, which amounts to 30,000.00 Bs. (thirty thousand bolívares). She suffers diabetes. She heard of her son’s death just a day after the event through her daughter Mayumi Pérez, who was with him at the time he was shot, and whom the military did not allow to help her wounded brother. For a long time, she did not want to live. Work at COFAVIC has helped her move ahead and share her grief with others. She has suffered insomnia and depression, and her only consolation is to hope that justice will be served with respect to her son. 15. Juliana Quintana, the mother of Jorge Daniel Quintana.