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the State violated the right to humane treatment embodied in Article 5 of the
American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) thereof, to the
detriment of the next of kin of Álvaro Lobo Pacheco, Gerson Javier Rodríguez Quintero,
Israel Pundor Quintero, Ángel María Barrera Sánchez, Antonio Flórez Contreras, Víctor
Manuel Ayala Sánchez, Alirio Chaparro Murillo, Álvaro Camargo, Gilberto Ortíz
Sarmiento, Reinaldo Corzo Vargas, Luis Hernando Jáuregui Jaimes, Luis Domingo Sauza
Suárez, Juan Alberto Montero Fuentes, José Ferney Fernández Díaz, Rubén Emilio Pineda
Bedoya, Carlos Arturo Riatiga Carvajal, Juan Bautista, Alberto Gómez (whose second last
name was possibly Ramírez) and Huber Pérez (whose second last name was possibly
Castaño), in the terms of paragraphs 212 to 218 of the […] Judgment.
4.
[t]his judgment constitutes, per se, a form of reparation, in the terms of
paragraph 279 thereof.
AND DECIDE[D]:
unanimously that,
5.
the State shall, in a reasonable time, investigate effectively the facts of this
case, in order to identify, prosecute and punish all the masterminds and perpetrators of
the violations committed against the 19 tradesmen, for the criminal and any other
effects that may arise from the investigation into the facts, and the result of this
measure shall be disseminated publicly, in the terms of paragraphs 256 to 263 of the
[…] Judgment.
6.
the State shall conduct, within a reasonable time, a genuine search during
which it makes every possible effort to determine with certainty what happened to the
remains of the victims and, if possible, return them to their next of kin, in the terms of
paragraphs 270 and 271 of the […] Judgment.
7.
the State shall erect a monument in memory of the victims and, in a public
ceremony in the presence of the next of kin of the victims, shall place a plaque with the
names of the 19 tradesmen, in the terms of paragraph 273 of the […] Judgment.
8.
the State shall organize a public act to acknowledge its international
responsibility for the facts of this case and to make amends to the memory of the 19
tradesmen, in the presence of the next of kin of the victims, and in which members of
the highest State authorities must take part, in the terms of paragraph 274 of the […]
Judgment.
9.
the State shall provide, free of charge, through its specialized health
institutions, the medical and psychological treatment required by the next of kin of the
victims, in the terms of paragraphs 277 and 278 of the […] Judgment.
10.
the State shall establish the necessary conditions for the members of the family
of the victim, Antonio Flórez Contreras, who are in exile, to return to Colombia, if they
so wish, and shall cover the costs they incur as a result of their return, in the terms of
paragraph 279 of the […] Judgment.
11.
the State shall pay special attention to guaranteeing the lives, safety and
security of the persons who made statements before the Court and their next of kin, and
shall provide them with the necessary protection from any persons, bearing in mind the
circumstances of this case, in the terms of paragraph 280 of the […] Judgment.
12.
the State shall pay the total amount of US$55,000.00 (fifty-five thousand
United States dollars) or the equivalent in Colombian currency for loss of income for
each of the 19 victims, in the terms of paragraphs 230, 231, 233, 234, 235, 240 and
243 of the […] Judgment.
13.
the State shall pay the total amount [set in the Judgment …] for the
expenditure incurred by the next of kin of the victims Juan Alberto Montero Fuentes,
Víctor Manuel Ayala Sánchez, Gerson Javier Rodríguez Quintero, Antonio Flórez
Contreras, Ángel María Barrera Sánchez, Alirio Chaparro Murillo, Álvaro Lobo Pacheco,
Israel Pundor Quintero, Luis Hernando Jáuregui Jaimes, Rubén Emilio Pineda Bedoya and
Reinaldo Corzo Vargas when trying to discover their whereabouts, in the terms of
paragraphs 242 and 243 of the […] Judgment.