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and their next- of- kin the amounts set by the Tribunal as compensations.
Furthermore, pursuant to the operative paragraph five of the Judgment on the
reparations, the State should have reimbursed the representatives for the costs and
expenses established by the Court.
20.
That the State informed in the hearing held in private that has made a
disbursement of US$ 519.345, 00 (five hundred and nineteen thousand three
hundred forty-five United States dollars) as compensation and reimbursement of
costs and expenses. Said payments would have been made "in 2001 and 2002”.
Furthermore, the State pointed out that it had made the payment to Mr. Oscar
Humberto Vásquez Solórzano on January 2, 2002 and that it had paid the
compensation established in favor of Mr. Germán Giovanni Paniagua Morales in the
city of Ottawa, Canada, on June 19, 2006. The State also submitted supporting
documentation concerning those payments.
21.
That the State further noted that it could not make the compensatory
payments established in favor of Mr. Augusto Angárita Ramírez, Doris Torres Gil and
Marco Antonio Montes Letona due to the fact that it could not locate them.
22.
That the Commission stated in the hearing held in private that it "looks
favorably to the fact that the part of the reparation of the pecuniary damages has
been satisfied, except for the three [...] Colombian persons [...] and [that it] is
certainly concerned with the fact that the State […] has not provided specific
information regarding the measures adopted to locate those persons […], for
example, consular cooperation […] actions with Colombia”.
23.
That, in view of the facts stated by the Commission, the State undertakes to
commence, between December 2007 and January 2007, the corresponding
proceedings with the Government of Colombia as well as to publish an official
statement in said country, in order to search for Mr. Augusto Angárita Ramírez, Doris
Torres Gil and Marco Antonio Montes Letona.
24.
That the Court deems appropriates that the State carries out the
corresponding proceedings to find the whereabouts of the three peoples who were
awarded compensatory payments in their favor.
25.
That the Tribunal deems it appropriate to receive the observations of the
victims or its representatives with respect to the documentation concerning the
payment of the compensations and the reimbursement of the costs and expenses,
submitted by the State in the private hearing (supra Having Seen Clause 7), for
which it sets the term established in the operative part of this Order (infra Operative
Paragraph 1).
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26.
That, in accordance with the Fourth Operative Paragraph of the Judgment on
the Reparations (supra Having Seen clause 2), the State must adopt, in its internal
legislation, pursuant to Article 2 of the Convention, the legislative, administrative
and any other kind of measures necessary to guarantee the reliability of the register
of detainees and publicize it.