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66.21. Daniel Alfredo Guevara Ramos
i)
he was born on January 8, 1972. He died at age seventeen, on
February 28, 1989 due to “internal hemorrhage from firearm wound
caused by multiple bullets in thorax and abdomen” on a street in the
city of Caracas. His parents covered vigil expenses;61
ii)
he was a secondary school student and at the same time
worked with an uncle selling and loading merchandise. He used the
money he earned to cover his own expenses;62 and
iii)
he was single. His parents are Catalina Ramos and Alfredo
Guevara.63
66.22. Pedro Gustavo Guía Laya
i)
he was born on April 26, 1961. He was hospitalized seventeen
days and died at the age of twenty-seven, on March 18, 1989 due to
“sepsis as a complication derived from a firearm wound to the
abdomen” at the Pérez Carreño Hospital in Caracas. His brother
Braulio Ramón Guía Laya covered expenses in connection with the
vigil;64
ii)
he worked waterproofing roofs.
He helped the family by
contributing money on a weekly basis;65 and
61
Cf. copy of the birth certificate of Daniel Alfredo Guevara Ramos issued on March 9, 1999 by the
Civil Head Office at La Vega, Prefecture of the Libertador Municipality in the Federal District; death
certificate of Daniel Alfredo Guevara Ramos No. 322 issued on March 6, 1989 by the Civil Head Office of
La Vega, Libertador Municipality of the Federal District; autopsy record No. 51.207 prepared by the
Forensic Medicine Division of the Technical Corps of the Judiciary Police; and testimony of Catalina Ramos
de Guevara rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal
District.
62
Cf. certificate issued on January 26, 1989 by the Director of the Applied Educational Unit of the
teachers’ college, Instituto Universitario Pedagógico de Caracas; and testimony of Catalina Ramos de
Guevara rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal
District.
63
Cf. copy of the birth certificate of Daniel Alfredo Guevara Ramos issued on March 9, 1999 by the
Civil Head Office at La Vega, Prefecture of the Libertador Municipality in the Federal District; death
certificate of Daniel Alfredo Guevara Ramos No. 322 issued on March 6, 1989 by the Civil Head Office of
La Vega, Libertador Municipality of the Federal District; and testimony of Catalina Ramos de Guevara
rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District.
64
Cf. copy of the birth certificate of Pedro Gustavo Guía Laya issued on April 11, 1985 by the
Prefect of Sucre District in the State of Miranda; death certificate of Pedro Gustavo Guía Laya No. 459
issued on April 10, 1989 by the Civil Head Office of La Vega, Libertador Municipality of the Federal District;
autopsy record No. 51.561 prepared by the Forensic Medicine Division of the Technical Corps of the
Judiciary Police; and testimony of Braulio Ramón Guía Laya rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th
Notary Public of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District.
65
Cf. testimony of Braulio Ramón Guía Laya rendered on March 26, 2002 at the 29th Notary Public
of Libertador Municipality of the Federal District; and work certificate issued on December 2, 1989 by
“Imperespadas C.A.”.