-135judicial authorities should take part in this act, together with the next of
kin of the alleged victims, the members of the community affected, the
petitioners, the national human rights community, and also the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights;
(e) Guarantee sufficient resources to build a sports center in the jurisdiction
of Pueblo Bello in memory of the alleged victims and to help re-establish
the community following the damage caused. The sports center should
contain a plaque with the names of the alleged victims reading “In memoy
of the victims of Pueblo Bello,” and indicating the date of the facts, a
general mentioned that members of paramilitary groups participated in
them with the acquiescence and collaboration of members of the Armed
Forces and law enforcement personnel, and recording that the InterAmerican Court found the State responsible for the massacre, with the
date of the judgment;
(f) Take the opportune and necessary measures to ensure that the land
where the alleged victims were tortured and murdered is converted into
national parks belonging to the public to recall the facts, the authors, at
least in general, mentioning that members of paramilitary groups with the
acquiescence and collaboration of members of the Armed Forces and law
enforcement personnel committed the acts and that these actions gave
rise to the State’s responsibiity for the violations, and to preserve the
memory and dignity of the alleged victims. If the ownership, possession or
legimate tenure of the ranches where the facts occurred does not
correspond to the members, next of kin or “front” men of the paramilitary
group led, among others, by Fidel Castaño, Carlos Castaño and Salvatore
Mancuso, the State should compensate the owners, possesors and
titleholders in good faith in order to obtain possession and control of this
land. Before dedicating the land to any use, the State must ensure that
the search for the 37 Pueblo Bello peasants who were detained and
disappeared is carried out in conditions of adequate security, and
(g) Publicize this judgment of the Court in print and audio-visual media so
that the facts that occurred will not be repeated. The State must commit
to divulge and disseminate it, because this will ensure society’s right to
know the truth.
262. The representatives also alleged that the Court should order the State to
undertake to guarantee non-repetition of the facts, and to this end, it should:
(a) Create a truth commission or group composed of experts with recognized
credibility that will contribute to clarifying the scope and extent of the
paramilitary phenomenon in the region of Urabá, suggest measures to
eliminate the paramilitary groups so that they are never used again under
any circumstances, and help unravel the connections and support these
groups have in the zone. This group should be given six months to
perform these tasks, after which they should report to the Court in a
public hearing in the presence of the parties;
(b) Carry out the necessary legislative, administrative and public order
measures to:
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