224. Owing to the violations declared in this Judgment, the Court orders the State to reimburse this Fund the sum of US$1,436.00 (one thousand four hundred and thirty-six United States dollars) for the expenses incurred. This amount must be reimbursed to the Inter-American Court within ninety days of notification of this Judgment. G. Means of complying with the payments ordered 225. The State must make the payment established in this Judgment as compensation for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and to reimburse costs and expenses directly to the persons indicated herein, within one year of notification of this Judgment, in the terms of the following paragraphs. 226. The State must comply with its pecuniary obligations by payment in United States dollars. If, for reasons that can be attributed to the beneficiaries of the compensation or their heirs it is not possible to pay the amounts established within the time frame indicated, the State must deposit the amounts in their favor in an account or a certificate of deposit in a solvent Ecuadorian financial institution, in United States dollars, and in the most favorable financial conditions allowed by law and banking practice. If the corresponding compensation is not claimed within 10 years, the amounts shall be returned to the State with the accrued interest. 227. The amounts allocated in this Judgment as compensation and to reimburse costs and expenses must be delivered to the persons indicated integrally, as established in this Judgment, without any reductions owing to eventual taxes or charges 228. If the State should fall in arrears, it must pay interest on the amount owed, corresponding to bank interest on arrears in the Republic of Ecuador. XI OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 229. Therefore, THE COURT DECIDES, unanimously, 1. To reject the preliminary objection filed by the State concerning the lack of competence of the Court to examine situations related to the right to personal integrity established in Article 5(1) of the American Convention, in the terms of paragraphs 19 to 22 of this Judgment. 2. To admit the preliminary objection filed by the State concerning the inclusion of presumed victims who were not indicated in the Merits Report, in the terms of paragraphs 26 to 28 of this Judgment. DECLARES, unanimously, that: 59

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