4 credited to the accounts of each beneficiary of the compensation in the near future. d) As regards to the return of property and other items seized from Mr. Daniel David Tibi at the time of his detention: i. in relation to the Volvo vehicle, plate number PGN-244: i.a. on September 5, 1996, the automobile was bailed with the Consejo Nacional de Control de Sustancias Estupefacientes y Psicotrópicas (National Control Council of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances). On April 17, 2001, the Comisión de Calificación y Adjudicación para la Venta en Pública Subasta de Vehículos (Qualification and Award Committee for Sale by Public Auction of Vehicles) auctioned off said piece of property for US$ (US dollars) 2,530.00; i.b. the State Attorney General's Office informed that "[in] relation [to] the Volvo vehicle, plate number PGN 244[,] which was auctioned off and the money seized, checks to order of Mr. Tibi have been drawn; i.c it has found no legal basis for a new expert's appraisal to establish an amount different from that specified by appraising experts; hence, it will proceed to pay the amount collected for this item, which is deposited in Banco Central del Ecuador; ii. as regards to other property: ii.a the property that belongs to Mr. Tibi has been located and is ready to be returned; ii.b. the State Attorney General's Office informed that "after checking the property and appraising the stones [...], it has been ordered that the property be returned". Said return must be effected pursuant to the Court's Judgment, which included the phrase "color stones...", without any specification as to shape, size, dimensions or any other element to identify the stones. For this reason, the State hired gemologist Paul Ceballos-Abad to give an expert opinion on the seized stones. Consequently, it expressed that "there are no legal or factual reasons not to return these stones pursuant to the orders of the Court", and ii.c. “in view of the victim's reluctance to receive this property, the State deems it appropriate to have the Tribunal decide as to how to effect the delivery”. 3. The briefs of the representatives of the victims and his next of kin (hereinafter "the representatives") of January 17, April 29, July 21 and December 9, 2005, and May 19, 2006, whereby they forwarded their comments on the reports of the State (supra Having Seen clause No. 2) and remarked, inter alia, that: a) as regards to the effective investigation into the facts: i. the State must proceed to investigate Judge Angela Albán, who heard Mr. Daniel David Tibi's case and was appointed as a judge for the Supreme Court of Justice of Ecuador, which could hinder

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