283. If the beneficiaries should die before the respective indemnities are paid, such amounts shall be paid directly to their heirs, according to the provisions of the applicable domestic legislation. 284. The State shall discharge its pecuniary obligations by tendering payment in dollars of the United States of America or in Guatemalan currency, calculated according to the exchange rate between both currencies in effect at the New York stock exchange, United States of America, on the day prior to payment. 285. If, for reasons attributable to the beneficiaries of the compensation, it is not possible for them to receive the amounts ordered within the period indicated, the State shall deposit those amounts in an account held in the beneficiaries’ names or in a certificate of deposit in a Guatemalan financial institution and under the most favorable financial terms allowed by the legislation in force and customary banking practice in Guatemala. If, after ten years, the compensation has not been claimed, these amounts shall be returned to the State with the accrued interest. 286. The amounts allocated in this Judgment as compensation and as reimbursement of costs and expenses shall be delivered to the victims in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of this Judgment, without deductions derived from future taxes. 287. Should the State fall into arrears with its payments, it shall pay interest on the amount owed, corresponding to the banking default interest rates in Guatemala. X OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 288. Therefore, THE COURT DECIDES, unanimously, 1. To dismiss the preliminary objection filed by the State regarding the failure to exhaust domestic remedies, under the terms of paragraphs 20 to 25 of this Judgment. unanimously, 2. To dismiss the preliminary objection filed by the State regarding the supposed violation of its right to defense in the proceedings before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, in accordance with paragraphs 28 to 31 of this Judgment. DECLARES, unanimously, that: 3. The State violated the right to personal integrity recognized in Article 5(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, in relation to Article 1(1) thereof, to the detriment of B.A., C.A., E.A., D.A., F.A., G.A., I.A., J.A., M.A., N.A., L.A. and K.A., and in relation to Article 19 of the Convention to the detriment of J.A., N.A. and K.A., who were children at 80

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