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(c)
In consultation with the State and the victims’ next of kin, a symbolic
act of acknowledgement should be arranged to recover the historic memory
of the victims. This apology should encompass all the victims in the case,
because there was only partial acknowledgement in the apology made during
the public hearing;
(d)
The arrest warrants issued by the judicial authorities should be
executed effectively;
(e)
The necessary measures should be adopted for the victims’ next of kin
to receive adequate and opportune reparation for the pecuniary and nonpecuniary damage suffered, including measures of satisfaction and
guarantees of non-repetition;
(f)
Action should be taken to avoid the repetition of the facts that are the
subject of the application, particularly with regard to the activities of
paramilitary groups in collaboration with law enforcement personnel;
(g)
The necessary measures should be adopted to guarantee the return to
their place of origin of the victims of the incursion, forcibly displaced by the
violence; and
(i)
The facts of the case should be published in the State’s official gazette
and in another newspaper with national circulation.
The representatives’ arguments
394. Regarding other forms of reparation, the representatives indicated that the
Court should order the State:
(a)
To conduct an investigation by an impartial court that is part of the
ordinary jurisdiction to clarify the facts, and prosecute and sanction all those
responsible;
(b)
To establish a group of prosecutors, with the necessary and sufficient
logistic support, to investigate all the crimes committed in the Municipality of
Ituango and other municipalities in the north of the Department of Antioquia,
a zone where the civilian population has been affected by the paramilitary
violence;
(c)
To honor the memory of the victims and their next of kin and the
communities;
(d)
That the President of the Republic of Colombia should apologize to the
victims, their next of kin and the population affected, and “clarify that the
victims of the massacres in La Granja and El Aro were honest, hardworking
individuals who performed agricultural labors and owned livestock, who were
falsely accused of collaborating with the guerrilla, and who were massacred
by paramilitary groups with the support of State agents.” This measure
should pay special attention to those who were displaced and had their
possessions stolen;
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