Besides revoking the SDO, the SC also compelled HLI to pay the peasants and farm workers the amount of P1.3 billion, corresponding to the area of land sold by HLI in the past years, including those which have been turned into a residential enclave and a portion of the Subic-Clark Expressway. While ordering the distribution of land, the SC also recognized the HLI's "entitlement to just compensation."
"Ang pagpaslang kay dela Cruz ay magagawa lamang ng mga armadong _goons_ ng mga Cojuangco na determindong itaboy ang mga manggagawang bukid na aktibong naglalantad ng panloloko sa pinalalabas na pamamahagi ng lupa na ipinatutupad ng Department of Agrarian Reform sa pakikipagsabwatan sa Luisita Realty Corp. ng mga Cojuangco at ng Tarlac Development Corp.," anang PKP.