23 delivery, due to an infection caused by her presence at the exhumations. She still suffers very much due to the uncertainty regarding the whereabouts of the victim. She suffered insomnia and nightmares, as well as depression. One of her brothers, Oscar Alfredo, has had drinking problems since then and has refused to receive professional support. She asks that the facts in connection with Fidel Orlando be investigated. 30. Judith Borjas, an aunt of Roberto Segundo Valbuena Borjas. Roberto Segundo Valbuena Borjas died at the age of twenty-two. He was a machine operator and had planned to attend college. He was single and had no children. He had come from the interior to live with the witness in Caracas. He had contributed on a weekly basis to the household for five years. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage. The next of kin began to take the steps required to bury the victim and incurred funerary costs, but his mortal remains were never delivered to them. COFAVIC covered costs involved in seeking justice. The witness was suspended from her job because she was busy seeking justice. For her, the victim was like a son. Roberto Segundo’s mother, Rubí Borjas, received medical treatment because she suffered a kidney condition due to hypertension caused by the events. The two of them covered treatment costs. The witness suffered precocious menopause. She continues to be affected when she knows that her sons and another nephew who lives with them have gone out to the street. To date, she continues to take tranquilizers. She has suffered insomnia and depression; sometimes she works until dawn to keep her mind busy. Her greatest grief is not having been able to bury the victim, for which reason her most intense wish is to be able to do this, and to attain justice. 31. Ybelice Altagracia Ramírez, a daughter of Elsa Teotiste Ramírez Caminero. Elsa Teotiste Ramírez Caminero worked as a waitress; she was married and her children are Alejandro Idelfonso, Yovanny Manuel, Ydel Ramón, Elsa Julia and the witness. Her aunt Marisol Vitalina Caminero recognized the victim in some photographs. At the time of the event, the victim earned minimum wage. The victim’s income had served to pay for her children’s studies and to support the family over the last seven years. Aside from that, Elsa Teotiste made a contribution to her mother fortnightly, sometimes weekly. There have been no vigil expenses because the victim was buried in a common grave and the remains have not been delivered to the next of kin. COFAVIC covered expenses incurred in pursuit of justice. For the children, their mother was at the same time like a father. The older brothers had to stop studying and begin to work. Her aunt has taken charge of the other brothers. The younger brother of the witness received psychological treatment only nine months, the cost of which was 350,000.00 Bs. (three hundred and fifty thousand bolívares) and was covered by her aunt Marisol Caminero, and he no longer studies as a consequence of the trauma. What grieves the witness most is not having been able to bury her mother

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