F.- Reimbursement of expenses to the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund 286. In this case, the victims were granted the necessary financial aid, through the Assistance Fund, for the presentation of one statement and an expert report at the public hearing held in Costa Rica, as well as for the formalization expenses and to send a statement rendered by affidavit (supra para. 14). 287. The State had an opportunity to present its observations on the expenditures made in this case, which amounted to US$ 4,833.12 (four thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and twelve cents of the United States of America); however, it did not do so (supra para. 21). Therefore, considering the violations declared in this Judgment, it is appropriate for the Court 318 to order the State to reimburse said Fund for the amount mentioned, within ninety days of notification of this Judgment. G.- Method of compliance with the payments ordered 288. The State must pay the aforementioned amounts, in full and without deductions derived from future taxes, within one year of notification of this Judgment, directly to the persons and organizations indicated or, if applicable, to their heirs pursuant to domestic law, and will do so through a payment in dollars of the United States of America or the equivalent amount in Strong Bolivars, using for the corresponding estimate the exchange rate between both currencies in force on the New York Stock Exchange on the day prior to payment. 289. If, for reasons attributable to the beneficiaries of the compensations or their successors, it is not possible for them to receive the amounts ordered within the indicated period, the State shall deposit those amounts in an account held in the beneficiary’s name or in a certificate of deposit in a reputable Venezuelan financial institution, in United States dollars and under the most favorable financial terms allowed by law and banking practices. If, after 10 years, the compensation has not been claimed, these amounts shall be returned to the State with the accrued interest. 290. If the State should fall into arrears with its payments, it shall pay interest on the amount owed corresponding to banking interest rates on arrears in Venezuela. VIII OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 291. Therefore, THE COURT DECLARES, Unanimously, that: 318 Article 5 of the Rules of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the Operation of the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund. 71