151 Pinzón López and María Teresa Pinzón López and US $20,000.00 (twenty thousand United States dollars) to Mariela Contreras Cruz. 275. On the other hand, the Commission and the representatives requested compensation for the lost earnings of Antonio María Barrera Calle, Jaime Riaño Colorado, Enrique Pinzón López, Jorge Pinzón López, Luis Eduardo Pinzón López, José Alberto Pinzón López, Gustavo Caicedo Rodríguez, Diego Armando Martínez Contreras and Hugo Fernando Martínez Contreras (supra paras. 261 and 262 d). 276. With regard to minors Diego Armando Martínez Contreras and Hugo Fernando Martínez Contreras, mentioned in the previous paragraph, there is no certainty regarding the activity or profession they might have practiced in the future. The Court deems that lost earnings must be based on evidence that establishes losses with certainty.284 277. In the case of the other victims mentioned in paragraph 274 of this Judgment, while in some cases there is evidence regarding the activities they carried out or their ages (supra paras. 96.143, 96.146, 96.148 to 96.152, 96.158, 96.160 and 96.161), there is insufficient evidence to establish the income lost at the time of the facts, for which reason the Court will take into account, to equitably estimate the pecuniary losses caused by the deaths of said persons and those of the children mentioned in the previous paragraph, inter alia, the minimum wage in force in Colombia, life expectancy in Colombia in 1997, the circumstances of the case and, in those cases in which it has been established, the ages of the victims and their activities.285 278. Therefore, in fairness and based on the proposals made by the State and by the representatives (supra paras. 264.o) and 263.d)), the Court sets the following amounts for pecuniary damages of the following identified victims: Antonio María Barrera Calle Jaime Riaño Colorado Enrique Pinzón López Jorge Pinzón López Luis Eduardo Pinzón López José Alberto Pinzón López Gustavo Caicedo Rodríguez Diego Armando Martínez Contreras Hugo Fernando Martínez Contreras US US US US US US US US US $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 350,000.00 35,000.00 80,000.00 80,000.00 90,000.00 90,000.00 60,000.00 100,000.00 100,000.00 A) NON-PECUNIARY DAMAGES 279. Pleadings of the Commission a) the Court must order payment of compensation for non-pecuniary damages, in fairness and bearing in mind the brutal characteristics of the instant case, the intensity of the suffering caused by the facts to the victims 284 See Case of the “Juvenile Reeducation Institute”, supra note 4, para. 288; Case of Molina Theissen, supra note 5, para. 57, and Case of Bulacio, supra note 193, para. 84. 285 See Case of Carpio Nicolle et al., supra note 261, paras. 106 to 109; Case of Tibi, supra note 16, para. 236, and Case of the “Juvenile Reeducation Institute”, supra note 4, para. 289, Case of the 19 Tradesmen, supra note 190, para. 240.

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