45 95(z) On February 21, 2001, the Criminal Trial Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José ordered enforcement of the November 12, 1999 conviction, which had become final (supra para. 95.t). 63 95(aa) On April 3, 2001, the Criminal Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José issued an order wherein it dismissed the appeal that the defense attorney for Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa and the special counsel for the newspaper “La Nación” had filed seeking simultaneous revocation and nullification; the court ruled for dismissal “inasmuch as the verdict being challenged [...] was properly substantiated.” In that same decision, Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa was ordered to issue the “publication contained and ordered in the final judgment;” the newspaper “La Nación”, represented by Mr. Fernán Vargas Rohrmoser, was ordered to “remove information relating to the case from the La Nación Digital website on the internet.” The Court also warned Mssrs. Herrera Ulloa and Vargas Rohrmoser that if they failed to comply they could be committing the crime of contempt of authority, provided for in Article 307 of the Penal Code, 64 the penalty for which is imprisonment for fifteen days to one year. 65 95(bb) On April 24, 2001, the Criminal Trial Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José delivered an order in which it ordered a “stay of enforcement of the judgment [of November 12, 1999] and of the decisions that followed from it.” 66 95(cc) To date, Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa has not made any payment related to enforcement of the judgment delivered against him. 67 “La Nación”, through its legal representative Mr. Fernán Vargas Rohrmoser, made a court-ordered deposit in the amount of ¢60,000,000.00 (sixty million colones). 68 With regard to Mr. Herrera Ulloa’s listing in the Judiciary’s Record of Convicted Felons 95(dd) As a result of the conviction, Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa’s name was entered into the Judiciary’s Record of Convicted Felons on March 1, 2001 69 (supra para. 95(t)), pursuant to the Law on the Judiciary’s Record and Archives No. 6723 of March 10, 1982. Article 7 of that law provides that “Regardless of whether the trial court has stayed enforcement of the judgment, once the verdict is final it shall send 63 Cf. February 1, 2001 order for enforcement of judgment, delivered by the Criminal Trial Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José (file of annexes to the application, volume III, annex 12, folio 1425). 64 Cf. April 3, 2001 decision of the Criminal Trial Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José (file on provisional measures in the “La Nación” case, volume I, folio 96). 65 Costa Rican Penal Code (file on preliminary objections and possible merits, reparations and costs, annex A) to the written brief of pleadings, motions and evidence of the alleged victims’ representatives). 66 Cf. April 24, 2001 order to stay enforcement of the November 12, 1999 judgment of conviction delivered by the Criminal Trial Court of the First Judicial Circuit of San José (file on provisional measures in the “La Nación” case, volume I, folio 99). 67 Cf. testimony of Mr. Mauricio Herrera Ulloa before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the public hearing on April 30, 2004. 68 Cf. testimony of Mr. Fernán Vargas Rohrmoser before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights at the public hearing on April 30, 2004. 69 Cf. communication from the Head of the Department of the Judiciary’s Records and Archives, dated August 29, 2001 (file on provisional measures in the “La Nación” case, volume II, annex 1 to the State’s Report of August 31, 2001, folio 422).

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