national treasury of Chile,170 and resubmitted this request on December 29, 2006.171 The plaintiffs
asked the court on March 27, 2007, to nullify the payment plan due to non-compliance by the
municipality.172
85. The municipality of Parral informed the court on November 9, 2007, that it had completed
the tenth and final installment called for in the payment plan agreement.173 That same day, the
plaintiffs filed a brief claiming that the municipality had failed to comply with clause eight of the
payment plan agreement, in which it was required to divest itself of the municipal theater within
three years.174 The Court of First Instance of Parral, on January 13, 2009, denied the petition to
nullify the payment plan agreement and held that the municipality had fulfilled the terms
thereof.175 This order was appealed by the claimants,176 but upheld by an order of the Talca Court
of Appeals on March 18, 2009.177
86. The plaintiffs submitted an updated assessment of the settlement on October 22, 2014,
setting the amount owed at CLP 343,777,048.178 The plaintiffs petitioned the court on November
14, 2014, to request a report from the mayor of Parral on measures taken to execute the
verdict.179 The case file shows no evidence that the municipality supplied this information.
B.7. Process of Bustamante Sánchez et al. v. the Municipality of Parral, Docket
No. 4,071-1992
87. The representative of a group of teachers from the municipality of Parral petitioned the
Court of First Instance of Parral, on October 18, 1993,180 to order accessory execution of the
verdict it had delivered on May 24, 1993,181 upheld under a September 30, 1993, order by the
Talca Court of Appeals,182 convicting the municipality of Parral to pay the decree-law 3,551
170
Cf. Brief filed by Paulo Ávila Hernández on behalf of the plaintiffs before the Court of First Instance of Parral,
August 28, 2006 (evidence file, folio 17809).
171
Cf. Brief filed by José Seda Navarrete on behalf of the plaintiffs before the Court of First Instance of Parral,
December 29, 2006 (evidence file, folio 17811).
172
Cf. Brief filed by José Seda Navarrete on behalf of the plaintiffs before the Court of First Instance of Parral,
March 27, 2007 (evidence file, folios 17812 and 17813).
173
Cf. Brief filed by Paulo Javier Ávila Hernández on behalf of the municipality of Parral before the Court of First
Instance of Parral, November 9, 2007 (evidence file, folio 17825 to 17827).
174
Cf. Brief filed by Sonia Benavente Nader on behalf of the plaintiffs before the Court of First Instance of Parral,
November 9, 2007 (evidence file, folios 17828 and 17829).
175
Cf. Order by the Court of First Instance of Parral, January 13, 2009 (evidence file, folios 17863 and 17864).
176
Cf. Motion of appeal lodged by Sonia Benavente Nader on behalf of the plaintiffs before the Court of First
Instance of Parral, January 20, 2009 (evidence file, folios 17865 to 17869).
177
Cf. Order by the Talca Court of Appeals, March 18, 2009 (evidence file, folio 17872).
178
Cf. Assessment submitted by Public Accountant Jorge Leoncio Leal Cruces to the Court of First Instance of
Parral on October 22, 2014 (evidence file, folio 17904).
179
Cf. Brief filed by Giampero Fava Cohen on behalf of the plaintiffs before the Court of First Instance of Parral,
November 14, 2014 (evidence file, folio 17906).
180
Cf. Request lodged by César González Cáceres on behalf of the plaintiffs before the Court of First Instance of
Parral, October 18, 1993 (evidence file, folio 17341).
181
Cf. Judgment by the Court of First Instance of Parral, May 24, 1993 (evidence file, folios 17325 to 17334).
182
Cf. Order by the Talca Court of Appeals, September 30, 1993 (evidence file, folio 17339).
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