16 Her brother was a very good, friendly and honest person and she needed his advice because he was studying and helped her a great deal. She saw him about once a month. When she and her siblings found out that her brother had been assassinated it was “horrible [and] painful.” Neither she nor her siblings accompanied their parents in the procedures they had to undertake in the capital. It is something “that will remain with [them ....] always.” Before her brother’s death, the family was very close but, afterwards, it was not the same “owing to his memory, we missed him” and because their parents became ill and are still ill today. She and her siblings try to console their mother a little, but they cannot take the victim’s place in the family. When her father remembers him he feels “downhearted, sad.” All the family visits the cemetery, with the exception of her mother because it is very difficult for her and “because it hurts her very much.” She has two siblings who have been unable to speak since birth and they express their feelings in signs. She and her siblings have a close relationship and the family supports each other financially. The victim’s son “misses [his father] in every way.” She would feel a little more tranquil to know that those responsible had been convicted “so that other families do not suffer what [they are] suffering.” She is concerned about her family and herself, but she feels calmer appearing before the Court because she knows that, after so many years, justice is now being done. Compensation from the State for the death of the victim does not console her as the only consolation would be “if he was there.” d) Testimony of Tino Corado Barrientos, brother of Pablo Corado Barrientos He lives in Guatemala and has a sister named Francisca Corado Barrientos. His father, Marco Antonio Corado Morales, died seven years before the death of his brother, and his mother’s name is Juana Barrientos Valenzuela. The victim worked in the capital, and had a kiosk where he sold bananas and plantains in the bus terminal; he earned about Q500.00 (five hundred quetzales). Every two weeks he visited his family and, every month, he helped them financially. His brother also gave him financial help to buy his school materials, and owing to this, he was able to go to school. He was able to complete sixth year of primary school, but then had to do his military service. His brother was a hardworking, unassuming person who worked in the agricultural sector. He was very good to his mother and had no vices. The witness was 11 years of age when his brother died and was in third year of primary school and also worked in the agricultural sector. His sister did not live with them because she was married and it was the victim who supported the household. They found out about his death through a friend of the victim who brought the information that appeared in the newspapers. That day he was in school and when he arrived home, he found his mother “very sad, grieving.” When she told him what had happened to his brother and that the latter would never return, he felt sad and began to cry. They had a wake without the body of his brother, because to date no one knows where it is buried. They did not start any procedure or action to investigate as they did not have the necessary financial resources.