59 US$120.000,00, one hundred and twenty thousand United States dollars); in other words, between three sisters and one nephew of Jesús María Valle Jaramillo, who, according to the body of evidence in the instant case, lived in the same house as he did.149 205. The Court finds that using cohabitation with the alleged victim as a presumed criterion and the amounts granted are compatible with the requirements of reasonableness indicated above (supra para. 203). Therefore, the Court will abstain from establishing further compensation for pecuniary damage for Luzmilla Valle Jaramillo, María Magdalena Valle Jaramillo, María Nelly Valle Jaramillo and Luis Fernando Montoya Valle. 206. The Court also notes that, in the said Settlement Agreement, the State granted compensation for “non-pecuniary damage” amounting to “100 SMLMV”150 (approximately US$20,000.00, twenty thousand United States dollars) to Jesús María Valle Jaramillo and “50 SMLMV” (approximately US$11,000.00, eleven thousand United States dollars) to each of the following next of kin of Jesús María Valle Jaramillo: María Nelly Valle Jaramillo, María Leticia Valle Jaramillo, Ligia Amparo Valle Jaramillo, Luzmila Valle Jaramillo, Blanca Inés Valle Jaramillo, Marina Valle Jaramillo, María Magdalena Valle Jaramillo, Romelia Valle Jaramillo, Octavio de Jesús Valle Jaramillo and Luis Fernando Montoya Valle. In addition to the amount derived from the compensation for non-pecuniary damage for the death of Jesús María Valle Jaramillo, María Nelly Valle Jaramillo received a further amount for “moral damage, owing to the violation of her fundamental rights,” equal to 50 SMLMV (approximately US$11,000.00, eleven thousand United States dollars).151 207. Although the State granted María Nelly Valle Jaramillo the sum of approximately US$11,000.00 (eleven thousand United States dollars) for the non-pecuniary damage she suffered owing to the violation of her rights (supra para. 206), the Court finds it pertinent to order, based on the equity principle, an additional payment of US$30,000.00 (thirty thousand United States dollars) in her favor for non-pecuniary damage, taking into account her particular situation, because she was obliged to witness the violent death of her brother, Jesús María Valle Jaramillo (supra paras. 70 and 107). This amount is additional to the sum ordered at the domestic level in the action under administrative law (supra para. 206). The State must make the payment of this additional amount directly to the beneficiary, within one year of the notification of this judgment. 208. Thus, taking into consideration that the Colombian State established compensation for ten siblings and one nephew of Jesús María Valle Jaramillo that complies with the requirements of reasonableness, this Court concludes that, with the exception of the provisions in the preceding paragraph concerning María Nelly Valle Jaramillo, the amounts provided by the State for non-pecuniary damage meet the standards of the Inter-American Court in terms of compensatory reparation. The Court will therefore abstain from 149 Cf. Statement made by the witness, Darío Arcila Arenas, who indicated that “Jesús María was unmarried, he had no children and he lived with his sister Nelly, her husband and their son, Luis Fernando Montoya Valle; another sister, Luzmila, was responsible for the housework with their sister Magdalena. […] I witnessed his affectionate and respectful relationship with his sisters and his nephews and nieces. I was aware, for example, that he mentored his nephew Luis Fernando – Nelly’s son – as if he had been his own son.” Statement made by the witness, Darío Arcila Arenas, supra note 85 (folio 2238). Moreover, according to the testimony of Juan Guillermo Valle Noreña, "Jesús lived in his own house with several of [his sisters]: Magdalena, Nelly who was his secretary and lived on what he paid her, her husband and their son, Luis Fernando, who also lived there and Luzmila who had never studied or worked and lived for Jesús. He paid all the household expenses.” Statement made by the witness, Juan Guillermo Valle Noreña, supra note 83. 150 The Agreement did not stipulate the payment of a fixed sum of Colombian pesos, but ordered the payment in terms of “Monthly Legal Minimum Wages in Force” (“SMLMV”). 151 Settlement Agreement of April 26, 2007, approved on September 28, 2007, supra note 146.

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