XIII OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 96. Therefore, THE COURT, DECIDES: unanimously, 1. That, pursuant to the terms of paragraphs 67 to 70 of the instant Judgment, the State must effectively complete the ongoing criminal proceedings pertaining to the death of the victims and which generated violations of the American Convention in the instant case, identify the principals and their aiders and abettors, as well as possible accessories after the fact, and punish them, and publish the results of the proceedings. 2. That, pursuant to paragraphs 71 to 73 of the instant Judgment, the State must take all necessary steps to identify N.N./Moisés, within a reasonable time, as well as locate, exhume, and deliver his remains to his next of kin. The State must also apply all means necessary to locate the next of kin of N.N./ Moisés, for which it must publish an announcement, at least three non-consecutive days, in a newspaper and broadcast on a radio and a television station, all of them with national coverage, explaining that the next of kin of the victim are sought to pay them compensation regarding the facts in the instant case, that took place on January 23, 1991 in the village of Las Palmeras, Municipality of Mocoa, Department of Putumayo. 3. That the State must publish once, in the daily Official Gazette and in a press release of the National Police and of the Armed Forces of Colombia, the judgment on the merits issued by the Court on December 6, 2001 and chapter VI, Proven Facts, and operative paragraphs 1 to 4 of the instant judgment, pursuant to the terms of paragraph 75 of the latter. 4. That the State must return the remains of Hernán Lizcano Jacanamijoy to his next of kin, for them to bury them in an appropriate manner, pursuant to the terms of paragraphs 76 and 77 of the instant Judgment. 5. That the State of Colombia must pay US$ 100,000.00 (one hundred thousand United States dollars), or its equivalent in Colombian currency, to the next of kin of N.N./Moisés, who must appear before the State within 24 months of the date when said person is identified, and must supply authentic evidence of their ties with the victim to receive the respective compensation, pursuant to the terms of paragraph 47 of the instant Judgment. 6. That the State of Colombia must pay US$ 139,000.00 (one hundred and thirty-nine thousand United States dollars) or the equivalent amount in Colombian currency, as compensation for the damage in connection with violation of Articles 8(1) and 25(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights. Said amount must be paid to the next of kin of Julio Milciades Cerón Rojas, Wilian Hamilton Cerón Rojas, Edebraes Norverto Cerón Rojas, Hernán Javier Cuarán Muchavisoy, and Artemio Pantoja Ordóñez, pursuant to the terms of paragraphs 56 to 58 of the instant Judgment.

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