7 Therefore, the Court will not consider Jesús Rafael Navarro and his next of kin as victims in the instant case. 33. As regards to the next of kin of the alleged victims that had been identified by the representatives in their brief of requests and arguments and their briefs of evidence to facilitate the adjudication of the case, the Court considers that though “it was difficult for them to contact all the next of kin of the [alleged] victims,”1 this explanation is not enough. The inclusion of new people as alleged victims or their next of kin, after the State has answered the application, must be duly justified, to preserve legal certainty and the right of defense of the State; this must be taken into account since in the instant case, the inclusion of new people has taken place during the last stage of the proceeding before the Court and after the admission made by the State. Consequently, the situation of the following next of kin shall not be analyzed in the instant case: a) Carlos Armando Flores, Mimina Velásquez de Flores, Josefa María Rodríguez de Velásquez, Iris Wuilmeri Flores-Velásquez, Darwir Alberto Coronado-Velásquez, Karelia Nacari Coronado-Velásquez and Deigli Yanini Flores-Pellicer, next of kin of Deyvis Armando Flores-Velásquez; b) Alpidia Ramos de Figueroa, Juan Cruz Figueroa, Rufino Figueroa, Sebastiana Figueroa-Ramos, Anicacio Figueroa, Rosalía Margarita Figueroa-Ramos, José Figueroa, Nicolasa Figueroa-Ramos, Calixta María Figueroa-Ramos, María Gregoria Figueroa-Ramos, Yanaiker Figueroa and Junior Figueroa, next of kin of Gabriel Antonio FigueroaRamos; c) Yudith Rizzo de Henríquez, Jaime Henríquez, Luz Marina HenríquezRizzo, Yutmar Azujai Ramos-Rizzo, Kachira Dayazu Ramos-Henríquez and Armando José Ramos-Henríquez, next of kin of Jaime Arturo Henríquez-Rizzo; d) Eladio Alexis Ayala-Gualdron and Ayari Ayala-Gualdron, next of kin of José León Ayala-Gualdron; e) Armanda Isabel Escobar-Rodríguez, Ramón José Peña-Escobar, Nancy Isabel Peña and Enrique José Peña, next of kin of Nancy Ramón Peña; f) Pastora Velásquez, José Gregorio Gaviria, José Gregorio GavidiaVelásquez, Iraida Josefina Gavidia-Velásquez, Nancy Coromoto Gavidia-Velásquez, Zoraida del Valle Gavidia-Velásquez, Gisela Matilde Gavidia-Velásquez and Néstor Gavidia-Zulbaran, next of kin of Néstor Luis Gaviria-Velásquez, and g) Luis Alberto Pérez-Santoya, next of kin of Wilcon Alberto PérezSantoya. 34. As regards to Giovanni Alfredo Gavidia-Velásquez, brother of Néstor Luis Gavidia-Velázquez, the Court notices that even though the representatives did not mention him in the brief of requests and arguments, they proposed him as a witness 1 Brief of requests, arguments and evidence of the representatives, page 4, footnote 5 (record of proceedings on the merits, reparations and costs, Volume I, folio 224.)