17 70. It falls to the Court to carefully assess the specific scope of those expenses, for even though the attorneys for the injured party worked gratuitously, the Tribunal understands that they had to incur certain expenses to process the present case before the Inter-American system for the protection of human rights, for which reason the Court considers it equitable to grant to the injured party indemnization of US$10,000 (ten thousand dollars of the United States of America) as compensation for the expenses resulting from its actions before this system. XII MODE OF COMPLIANCE 71. To comply with this Judgment, the State is to pay the compensation ordered , within six months from the date of its notification, to Richard Blake, Mary Blake, Richard Blake Jr., and Samuel Blake as the injured party . If any one of them has died, the compensation shall be paid to the heirs. The State may fulfill its obligations through payments to the beneficiaries or their duly accredited representatives in US dollars or the equivalent in Guatemalan currency. The rate of exchange used to determine the equivalent value shall be the selling rate for the United States dollar and the Guatemalan currency in the market of New York, USA on the day prior to the date of the payment. 72. If, for any reason, it is not possible for the beneficiaries of the compensation to receive it within the specified six month period, the State is to place the amounts in question in an account or a certificate of deposit in the beneficiary’s name, with a solvent and secure financial institution, either in United States dollars or its equivalent in Guatemalan currency, under the most favorable financial terms that banking law and practice permit. If at the end of ten years the compensation is not claimed, the sum shall be returned, with interest, to the State. 73. The compensation specified in this Judgment shall be exempt from any existing or future national, provincial or municipal tax or duty. 74. Should the State be in arrears with its payments, it shall pay interest on the amount owed at the interest rate in effect in Guatemala. XII OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 75. Now therefore, THE COURT DECIDES: Unanimously 1. To order the State of Guatemala to investigate the facts of the present case, identify and punish those responsible, and adopt the measures in its domestic law that are necessary to assure compliance with this obligation (in conformance with operative paragraph three of the judgment on the merits), of which it will inform the Court, semiannually, until the end of the corresponding actions. 2. To order the State of Guatemala to pay: