25 For lack of financial means, neither the witness nor her mother, Carmen Betancourt, have received psychological treatment. A couple of months ago COFAVIC undertook to cover the cost of professional psychological aid. The mother continues to await her son; she feels that he is alive. Both the witness and her mother have suffered very much over the last thirteen years due to the uncertainty caused by the victim’s absence. The mother continued to wash the victim’s clothes five years after his disappearance, and continued to keep daily food for him. The sister helped raise the victim, because the mother worked, so her relationship with José Miguel was like that of a mother and a son. She continues to suffer especially due to the uncertainty of not knowing the exact circumstances of the death of her brother and not having been able to bury him. 34. Petra Bello, the mother of Juan Acasio Mena Bello. Juan Acasio Mena Bello disappeared on February 28, 1989. He worked as an upholsterer; he was single, lived with his common-law spouse Laura Margarita Marrero and had four children: Petra Zulay, Laura Josefina, Maribel Sugey and Jhonny Araujo. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage. He contributed to support the witness and their four children on a weekly basis. The witness stopped working for three months to concentrate on the search for her son, and his common-law spouse had to begin to work to support the children. She has covered expenses incurred searching for the whereabouts of the victims, travel within the country and telephone calls. COFAVIC has covered costs involved in pursuit of justice. The witness became ill due to the events and did not go to work for a time. She searched for her son everywhere, at the Technical Corps of the Judiciary Police, at the morgue, in the house where he worked, but did not find him. About eight months before she had lost her mother, and with the death of her son her suffering became even greater. Her most intense wish is to be able to bury her son in an appropriate manner. Her anguish has been due primarily to not knowing where Juan Acasio is, and this has affected the whole family, the victim’s children and his common-law spouse. The witness continues to suffer insomnia and has felt disturbed at night, when she feels that her son is going show up at the door of their house any moment. She has had medical expenses which have been covered by another son. All she wants is for justice to be served. 35. Fernando Enrique Pérez, a nephew of Abelardo Antonio Pérez. Abelardo Antonio Pérez worked as a mason and he was a “cabillas” master in building projects at the time of his disappearance. With his work, he helped his mother, Oscarina Pérez, on an monthly basis, and paid for her personal expenses. He was single and had a daughter, with whom his next of kin lost touch. At the time of the event he earned minimum wage. He had helped his mother with household expenses since he was about twenty years old, and they miss his contributions since he disappeared. If he had lived, the financial situation of the family would have improved because it is a very united family and its members cooperated very much among themselves.