137 559. Regarding the housing support provided with resources from the IVI, consisting of two “pies de casa” (foundations for houses) and the support for productive projects from a program coordinated by the federal Government through the Social Development Secretariat (SEDESOL), the Court refers to its remarks in paragraph 529 and, consequently, does not consider it part of the compensation owed to the victims.541 560. Lastly, regarding the support consisting in a purchase contract signed with the IVI, by which Mrs. Monárrez acquired the property referred to in paragraph 554, as well as other types of support consisting in groceries, and other donations in cash and kind, the Tribunal will take them into account when calculating the compensation. 6.1. Pecuniary damage 6.1.1. Consequential damage 561. The representatives indicated that, “owing to the disappearances and subsequent deaths of Esmeralda, Claudia Ivette and Laura Berenice, their respective families incurred in a series of extraordinary expenses, […] emphasizing that these were not limited to the funeral expenses and the burial of the bodies.” They stated that, “from the time each victim disappeared, their families had to make different expenditures to print and copy flyers […] to publicize their disappearance”; they also had to pay “special travel and living allowances to some family members […] so they could assist in the search for the victims,” and make “extraordinary payments for telephone calls and other miscellaneous expenses during the weeks they were disappeared.” The representatives also indicated that, although they do not have supporting documentation, they consider it pertinent that the Court grant general compensation of US$150.00 (one hundred and fifty United States dollars) for each week of disappearance until the time the bodies were found, to be distributed as follows: (i) for Esmeralda Herrera, US$150.00 (one hundred and fifty United States dollars); (ii) for Claudia Ivette González, US$600.00 (six hundred United States dollars), and (iii) for Laura Berenice Ramos, US$1,050.00 (one thousand and fifty United States dollars). 562. The representatives acknowledged that the State had granted special assistance to pay for the funeral services in 2004 and 2006 covering “some of the expenses incurred by Mrs. Monreal and Mrs. González in 2001,” calculated at $2,600.00 (two thousand six hundred Mexican pesos) and $6.500.00 (six thousand five hundred Mexican pesos), respectively. Regarding Mrs. Monárrez, they indicated that “there is no record that she received any special assistance.” 563. Although they produced no supporting documents for the funeral expenses, the representatives asked the Court to establish the following amounts for consequential damage arising from the funeral expenses incurred by the families of the victims: (i) 541 Mrs. González and Mrs. Monreal acknowledged that they had received the “pies de casas.” However, the State did not contest the statement made by one of the mothers during the public hearing in relation to the condition of the buildings, that “we were given a pie de casa [foundations for houses] which is twenty meters or so; it is in a dangerous area, it is in a rubbish dump, […] it is dangerous, it is a high-risk area” (Cf. testimony of Mrs. González, supra note 183). Nor did it contest the testimony of expert witness Azaola Garrido that the pie de casa the State had granted them “[i]s a room of approximately 4 x 4 meters, in a lot far from the city that lacks any kind of services and, at the outset, there was no public transport, which meant that they had to spend up to two hours traveling to their places of work, and there were long periods when the children had to remain alone” (Cf. testimony of expert witness Azaola Garrifo, supra note 186, folio 3370).

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