4 that after a wait of more than 15 years, the acceptance of agreements for amounts well below those promised apparently stemmed from frustration at finding a lack of internal resources that would allow them to obtain payment of the amounts ordered by the courts. They clarify that the amounts paid have the character of a partial payment, which, they claim, is demonstrated by the updates of the debts by the labor courts of those municipalities on November 24 and 28, 2008, in which they recognized that the amounts paid constituted a partial payment toward the total debt owed, with the result that the balances remain outstanding. They point out that the teachers at the other municipalities have received no payment of any sort. 18. Regarding the State's argument that the victims from the other municipalities lacked standing to sue, in their brief of March 22, 2007, the petitioners held that there is no question of a generalization as the alleged victims had been appropriately individually named, and all 12 lawsuits pursued against the municipalities, identified. Thus, they say that, like the teachers in Chañaral, the teachers in the municipalities of Chanco, Pelluhue, Parral, Vallenar and Cauquenes, sued the municipalities and the judicial authorities, both at first instance and at higher instances, ordered that they be paid the amounts owed to them in social security entitlements.4 The petitioners say that the court 4 The appendixes presented by the petitioners contain the final judgments in each judicial proceeding as well as the settlement amounts. “BENAVIDES ET AL. v. Municipality of Chañaral,” Case 18.629 of Chañaral Magistrate’s Court, for payment of entitlement under Article 490 of D.L. 3.551/1980. Cornejo Campos, Alexis J. (*); Andreani Rossinelli, Gabriela R. (80 años); Lagos Carrasco, Cristina D. (77 years); Montenegro Montenegro, Angela D. (77 years); Benavides Montaña, Clarisa E. (76 years); Paralta Olivera, Angela B. (73 years); Vallejos Cortés, Hugo Segundo (73 years); Campos Bugüeño, Violeta M. (72 years); Muñoz Gilberto, Bernardita (72 years); Robles Leiton, Gustavo Arnoldo (72 years); Rojas Castillo, Gladys (72 years); Valencia Cortés Rubén Enrique (72 years); Venegas Hernández, Mireya Olimpia (72 years); Flores Cortés, Raquel D. (71 years); Bugueño Chacana, Gumercindo (70 years); Hurtado Clunes, Ruperto H. (70 years); Alcota Goya, Juana Angela (69 years); Figueroa Torres, Orielle (69 years); Larrea Herrera, Laura J. (69 years); Torres Saint Lawrence, Marleine (69 years); Flores Cortés, Elizabet D (68 years); Osorio Astorga, Juan Antonio (68 years); Torres Montaño, Lucila (68 years); Valdivieso Moran, Ruth Carlota (68 years); Godoy Avilés, Luzmelia O. (66 years); Gutiérrez Castillo, Lindora D. (66 years); Kong Urbina, Isabel Margarita (66 years); Zepeda Viera, Alejandro del Carmen (66 years); Godoy Monardez, Elizabeth (65 years); Morales Mena, Sergio Hugo (*); Valdivia Rivera, Baldomera D (65 years); Ángel Ardiles, Bernardo D. (64 years); Barros Rojas, Lucrecia D. (64 years); Carrasco Carrasco, Clara E. (64 years); Valenzuela González, Lucit Violeta (64 years); Ángel Cortés, Diosa De L. (63 years); Durán Vargas, Yorka Flavia (63 years); Egaña Romo, Hernán Gabriel (63 years); Loyola Funes, Sergio Manuel (63 years); Marin Guerra, Rosa Otilia (63 years); Rivera Hidalgo, Jesús Arturo (63 years); Sánchez Contreras, Carmenci J. (63 years); Tapia Páez, Elba Ernestina (63 years); Trujillo Arredondo, Maria Angélica (63 years); Godoy Avilés, Mitzi Daysi (62 years); López González, Antonio P. (62 years); Lorca Arredondo, Edda Adriana (62 years); Medina Benavides, Maria Cristina (62 years); Sánchez Contreras, Mavel Selic (62 years); Avendaño Peña, Enilde (61 years); Castillo Morales, Gabriel F. (61 years); Jiménez Acevedo, Ramón Gastón (61 years); Astorga Astorga, Ana Maria (60 years); Díaz Aguilar, Héctor David (60 years); Pizarro Alquinta, Luisa D. (60 years), Serazzi Ahumada, Nelda Luisa (60 years); Tolmo Sosa, Ernesto Carlos (60 years); Vega Cordovez, Delicia D. (60 years); Bugueño Chacana, Eliana A. (59 years); Quiroga Cortes, Graciela L. (59 years); Rivas Tapia, Lino Alberto (59 years); Tapia Escudero, Estela Marlene (59 years); Martínez Rodríguez, Hugo E. (58 years); Miles Segovia, Jaime Hernán (58 years); Muñoz Segura, Nelly Alejandrina (58 years); Plaza Henríquez, Carlos D. (58 years); Gaspar Alquinta, Grumilda G. (57 years); González Rodríguez, Clara D. (57 years); Ossandon Veliz, Griselma D.(57 years); Pasten Castillo, Verónica D. (57 years); Bugueño Elo, Priscila Palmira (56 years); Cofre Briceño, Ana Elizabeth (56 years); Arredondo Bugueño, Isabel D. (55 years); Cortes Cisterna, Aldecira V. (55 years); Molina Hurtado, Inés Wacolda (55 years); Palma Sias, Ana Maria (55 years); Recharte Carrasco, Griselda A. (55 years); Tejada Moreno, Silvia Teresa (55 years); Arancibia Ramírez, Isabel D. (54 years); Araya Cortés, Shenda Janeth (54 years). Additionally, the original petition include a reference to the following four victims: Aida del Carmen Alquinta, Dulcinea González Ortiz, Petronila Brígida Fajardo Alaníz and Irma de Lourdes Cisterna Bravo. “RAMÍREZ ET AL. v. Municipality of Vallenar,” Case 4.443 of Vallenar First Magistrate’s Court, for payment of entitlement under Article 40 of D.L. 3.551/1980. Valderrama Martínez, Norma E. (*); Meléndez Cortés, Silvia Edith (*); González Zepeda, Rosa Elena (*); Silvia González, Elba del C. (*); Zamora Rowe, Ana María Eugenia (*); Rivera Barrera, César Hernán (*); Cavada Mauske, Enrique G. (*); Valenzuela Portilla, María Edilia (*); González Rojas, Gladys Ruth (*); Zuleta Aguilera, Noel Salomón (*); Rojas Véliz, Nolvia Luisa (*); Marín