49 wound to the abdomen” at the Pérez de León Hospital in Miranda. His parents covered the burial costs;55 ii) he was a blue collar worker at a factory. He had previously worked as a policeman. He contributed fortnightly to household expenses;56 and iii) he was single. His parents are Mery Marina Castillo and Adelmo de Jesús Colmenares Mendoza.57 66.20. Juan José Blanco Garrido i) he was born on April 18, 1971. He died at age seventeen, on March 1, 1989 due to “internal hemorrhage from firearm wound to the thorax” at the Periférico Hospital in Catia. The family covered expenses in connection with the vigil;58 ii) he was a secondary school student and had just begun to work at the time of his death. He contributed to household expenses on a weekly basis;59 and iii) he was single. His parents are Ana Jacinta Garrido and Juan Vicente Blanco. His brother is Humberto Enrique Garrido.60 55 Cf. birth certificate of Luis Manuel Colmenares Martínez issued on January 12, 1968 by the Civil Office at San Juan Parish, Libertador Department, in the Federal District; autopsy record No. 51.533 prepared by the Forensic Medicine Division of the Technical Corps of the Judiciary Police; copy of the death certificate of Luis Manuel Colmenares Martínez No. 445 issued on August 1, 1989 by the Prefect of Sucre District, State of Miranda; and testimony of Mery Marina Castillo rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District. 56 Cf. testimony of Mery Marina Castillo rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District. 57 Cf. birth certificate of Luis Manuel Colmenares Martínez issued on January 12, by the Civil Head Office of San Juan Parish, Libertador Department, in the Federal District; death certificate of Luis Manuel Colmenares Martínez No. 445 issued on August 1, 1989 by the Prefect of Sucre District, State of Miranda; and testimony of Mery Marina Castillo rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District. Note: Mery Marina stated in her testimony before the notary public that her surname is Castillo, and that due to an error at the Public Records Office the surname Martínez was recorded, for which reason the victim’s name on the birth certificate is Marina Martínez. 58 Cf. death certificate of Juan José Blanco Garrido No. 259 issued on March 8, 1989 by the Civil Authority of Sucre Parish, Libertador Municipality of the Federal District; autopsy record No. 51.339 prepared by the Forensic Medicine Division of the Technical Corps of the Judiciary Police; and testimony of Ana Jacinta Garrido rendered on March 22, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District. Note: in the judgment on the merits, the victim’s name was recorded as Juan José Garrido Blanco. In the instant Judgment, the surnames Blanco Garrido are used, in accordance with his death certificate. 59 Cf. death certificate of Juan José Blanco Garrido No. 259 issued on March 8, 1989 by the Civil Authority of Sucre Parish, Libertador Municipality of the Federal District; and testimony of Ana Jacinta Garrido rendered on March 22, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District. 60 Cf. death certificate of Juan José Blanco Garrido No. 259 issued on March 8, 1989 by the Civil Authority of Sucre Parish, Libertador Municipality of the Federal District; birth certificate of Humberto Enrique Garrido issued on February 2, 1987 by the Prefecture of Miranda District in the State of Guárico; and testimony of Ana Jacinta Garrido rendered on March 22, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District.