| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico | October 2008 
Mexico Judge Orders Trial in US Journalist Slaying
 Mark Stevenson - Associated Press
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| | A protester shows the press credential of U.S. journalist Bradley Roland Will, 36, of New York City, who was shot and later died after clashes erupted between unidentified gunmen and protesters who are demanding the resignation of Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz in Oaxaca, Mexico. He was shot in the abdomen and died later at a Red Cross hospital, police and witnesses said. (AP/Eduardo Verdugo) | | |
Mexico City - A Mexican judge this week ordered a suspect in the 2006 killing of U.S. journalist-activist Bradley Roland Will to stand trial on homicide charges.
Will, a 36-year-old from New York working for Indymedia.org, was shot as he filmed a clash between protesters and state government supporters during the five-month political uprising in southern Oaxaca state.
On Friday, two supporters of the protest movement were arrested for the killing, despite the belief by Will's family that pro-government forces were behind his death.
An official with the federal prosecutors' office, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with department policy, said Wednesday that a judge had ruled there was enough evidence to try Juan Manuel Martinez for shooting Will.
Many human rights groups claim Martinez has been unfairly charged in the case and that prosecutors have ignored evidence that implicated pro-state government forces.
Two other men have been charged for allegedly covering up the crime, but have been released on bail. Several other suspects are being sought.
The suspects are supporters of the radical movement known as the People's Assembly of Oaxaca, or APPO, which seized control of Oaxaca city for almost five months in 2006 to push for the ouster of Gov. Ulises Ruiz.
Prosecutors have failed to give specifics about the ballistics evidence or explain why Martinez would have fired at Will, who supported the protest movement and was documenting the conflict. |
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