Leyman, Soraida Marley, and Bladimir, all of them Cerón Rojas; and to the siblings
of victim Julio Milciades Cerón Gómez: Bertilda Heroína, Luis Nectario, Dolores
Celina, Adela Nilda, Digna Reynaldo, Segundo Ulpiano, Rosa Evila, and Manuel
Esteban, all of them Cerón Gómez, according to the distribution set forth in that
same resolution.65
o)
Joindered Administrative-law proceedings No. 4620 and No. 4622 before the
Administrative-law Court of Nariño for the death of Artemio Pantoja Ordóñez and
Hernán Javier Cuarán Muchavisoy: in 1991 the next of kin of Artemio Pantoja
Ordóñez66 filed a claim for direct reparation for his death, before the Administrativelaw Court of Nariño, against the Republic of Colombia, Ministry of Defense-National
Police. That same year the next of kin of Hernán Javier Cuarán Muchavisoy67 filed a
similar claim for his death, before the Administrative-law Court of Nariño.68 On April
15, 1993 the Administrative-law Court of Nariño issued a judgment in the
proceedings in which the fault or lack of service of the respondent entity (Ministry of
Defense – National Police) was deemed proven; it declared “the Republic of
Colombia patrimonially responsible” for the death of both victims and it ordered the
respondent to pay pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages caused to the next of
kin.69 The applicant and respondent parties appealed this judgment. On December
14, 1993 the Third Section of the Administrative-law Court of the State Council
issued a judgment confirming the decision of the court and establishing the amounts
that the State must pay for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages to the next of kin
of the victims.70 In compliance with the aforementioned judgment, on March 27,
1995 the Administrative Secretariat of the Ministry of the Treasury ordered payment
of the total amount of 377,342,481.75 million Colombian pesos for pecuniary and
non-pecuniary damages plus current interest accrued and moratory interest,
distributed as follows: 165,740,863.67 million Colombian pesos for the next of kin of
Hernán Javier Cuarán Muchavisoy, who are: José Daniel Cuarán, Claudina
Muchavisoy, Luis Alberto Davila Muchavisoy y Rosa Alba, Doris Silvia, José Remigio,
Pablo Isidoro, Carmen Cecilia, Blanca Oliva, Umberto Enrique, Ana Baldamina, Jorge
65
Cf. June 20, 1996 Order No. 03246 of the General Director of the National Police of Colombia.
66
First family group: spouses Segundo Jorge Pantoja Moreno and Pastora Ordóñez (Artemio’s
parents) and their children Blanca Elina, Faustino, María Bertila, María del Carmen and Luis Edmundo, all
of them Pantoja Ordóñez (siblings of Artemio). Second family group: María Adelina López – Artemio’s
wife- on her own behalf and on that of their children who are minors, Miriam Lucy and Adalí Oneida
Pantoja López; and Carmen Lidia, Carmen Leonor, Jaime, Aura Esperanza and Artemio Ramiro, all of them
Pantoja López ( Artemio’s children).
67
First family group: spouses José Daniel Cuarán and Claudina Muchavisoy (parents of Hernán
Javier) and Luis Alberto Dávila Muchavisoy and Rosa Alba, Doris Silvia, José Remigio, Pablo Isidoro,
Carmen Cecilia, Blanca Oliva, Umberto Enrique, Ana Baldamina, Jorge Franclin, and Daniel Antonio, all of
them Cuarán Muchavisoy (siblings of Hernán Javier). Second family group: Amanda Anacona Chapal de
Cuarán (wife of Hernán Javier) on her own behalf and on that of her daughter Diana Vanessa Cuarán
Anacona (daughter of Hernán Javier), who is a minor.
68
Cf. file of the joinder of administrative proceedings No. 4620 and No. 4622 which includes actions
undertaken during the proceedings before the Administrative Court of Nariño, initiated by the next of kin
of victims Artemio Pantoja Ordóñez and Hernán Javier Cuarán Muchavisoy, filed at the Secretariat of the
Court as evidence submitted by the State during the merits phase of Las Palmeras Case.
69
Cf. April 15, 1993 Judgment of the Administrative Court of Nariño in the joinder of proceedings
No. 4620 and No. 4622.
70
Cf. December 14, 1993 Judgment of the Third Section of the Administrative Court of the State
Council of Colombia.
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