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50.28. On February 8, 1995 the leaders of the Community, through their attorneys,
asked the IBR to “call on the owners of the lands requested […] to make an offer for
the sale of their lands, as well as to state the name of the place to be sold, its area,
and any other information to seek a solution to the overdue problem of lack of
land.”55
50.29. On May 9, 199556 and on July 6 of that same year,57 the legal department of
the IBR suggested to the President of said institution that he grant the visual
inspection requested by the leaders of the Yakye Axa Community, which had not
been conducted for “lack of budgetary items,” to order the commissioning of an IBR
official to the place, and to notify the INDI. On December 11, 1995, the INDI
informed the IBR that it had commissioned one of its officials to participate in this
visual inspection.58
50.30. On May 27, 1996 the President of the IBR notified the persons identified by
the leaders of the Yakye Axa Community as owners of the Loma Verde and Maroma
estates, regarding the claim to lands encompassing said estates, processed under
administrative file No. 7261/93.59 On June 13 of that same year the Torocay S.A.
firm, which rented said estates, stated its domicile for notifications and explained
that the owners of said property were ”Florida Agricultural Corporation”, “Livestock
Capital Group INC.” and “Agricultural Development INC.”60
50.31. On July 25, 1996 the IBR ordered a visual inspection of the property claimed
by the Indigenous Community, a report on the situation of those immovables, and a
census of its occupants. For this, it appointed an IBR official, who would be
accompanied by a representative of the INDI61 (supra para. 50.29). Said report was
submitted on October 15, 1996.62
55
See request submitted by the Yakye Axa Community before the President of the Instituto de
Bienestar Rural on February 8, 1995 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volume 516).
56
See report No. 1825 issued by the legal department of the Instituto de Bienestar Rural on May 9,
1995 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volume 526).
57
See report No. 4516 issued by the legal department of the Instituto de Bienestar Rural on July 6,
1995 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volume 531).
58
See note P.C No. 605/95 addressed by the President of the Instituto Paraguayo del Indígena to
the President of the Instituto de Bienestar Rural on December 11, 1995 (file with appendixes to the
application, appendix 4, volume 534).
59
See note S.G. No. 187 by the Secretary General of the Instituto de Bienestar Rural to Oscar
Carissimo Netto on May 27, 1996 (file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volume 547).
60
See note addressed by Carlos Sacco Rodríguez, attorney for the Torocay S.A. firm, to the
Secretary General of the Instituto de Bienestar Rural on June 13, 1996 (file with appendixes to the
application, appendix 4, volume 549).
61
See decision No. 694 issued by the President of the Instituto de Bienestar Rural on July 25, 1996
(file with appendixes to the application, appendix 4, volume 555).
62
See visual inspection report submitted by Román R. León Silva, official commissioned by the
Instituto de Bienestar Rural, and Claudio I. Miltos A., official commissioned by the Instituto Paraguayo del
Indígena, to the President of the Instituto de Bienestar Rural on October 15, 1995 (file with appendixes to
the application, appendix 4, volumes 556 to 579).