20 minimum wage. The victim had contributed to his family since he was twenty years old. There were no vigil expenses because the remains were never delivered. COFAVIC covered expenses in the search for justice. The witness stopped working for two months to look for her brother. Since the victim had only been working at the firm where he was employed for two years, he would have had good prospects for professional growth within it. The witness has suffered insomnia and depression due to the death of her brother, because she does not know where he is buried. She has not received psychological treatment. The mother of the victim had a heart condition and the symptoms of the illness worsened, which led to more frequent medical visits and an increase in consumption of medicine due to high blood pressure. The witness covered these expenses. The mother died a year after the victim’s death. The witness had to go to the morgue and to the Judiciary Police to identify her brother by means of photographs. She and the victim’s daughters continue to suffer from his absence and the uncertainty of not knowing where Benito del Carmen’s remains are. The only hope is that her brother’s remains be returned and that there be justice. 25. Nelly Marcano, the mother of Boris Eduardo Bolívar Marcano. Boris Eduardo Bolívar Marcano died when he was twenty-two. He worked as an independent merchant selling clothes. His permanent companion was Carmen Sanoja Volcán and he had no children. He helped the witness with expenses weekly or fortnightly. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage. The financial situation of the family would have been better if he were alive, because his contributions alleviated the household’s situation. There were no vigil expenses because the body was buried in a common grave, where they remain. COFAVIC has covered expenses in the pursuit of justice. The witness was offered medial assistance at the hospital where she worked. She has had to cover the cost of medicine. She wants her son’s remains to be identified and delivered to the family. At first she could not believe that her son had died, because initially the Metropolitan Police had come looking for him at home and had taken him away to question him. Then she heard that they had him lying down on the street, she went to help him and the policemen told her to leave. The next day she heard on the radio that three youths had been found dead in the Guaire River. By the description she recognized her son and went to the Technical Corps of the Judiciary Police where a whole day passed without identifying him; they showed her pictures of her son. After spending several additional hours at those offices, she went home to unburden herself of her grief. She has not tried to recover her son’s mortal remains because she does not believe she can attain this with the government. The victim was her older son and she felt protected by him, as he was her only male child. She has suffered insomnia and loss of appetite, especially during the two years after the event. 26. Nelly Freitez, the mother of Julio César Freitez.