[narconews] US Rep. Serrano Writes to State Department about the Murder of Brad Will
 
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 17:49:29 -0500 (CDT)


May 15, 2007
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Dear Colleague,

Since the assassination, last October, of Indymedia journalist Brad
Will, Mexican authorities say they've made no progress on the case.
This, in spite of the fact that Will's own video has identified the
shooters, operatives in the political machine of Oaxaca Governor
Ulises Ruiz. The Will family has traveled to Mexico and demanded the
end of the bureaucratic stalling of the investigation. Now, US
Congressman Josi Serrano has sent a letter to Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice urging her to pressure the Mexican government into
action.

 From Serrano's letter:

"I am writing to request any information you might have regarding the
status of the Mexican government's investigation into the shooting of
Brad Will, an American journalist who was murdered in Oaxaca, Mexico
in October, 2006. Mr. Will was a frequent visitor to my district who
volunteered with several local organizations in the South Bronx.

"...The murder of Mr. Will raises a larger issue about the role of
the Mexican government in aggressively pursuing a cessation of
murder, beatings, and torture carried out by police and paramilitary
groups in Oaxaca, Guadalajara, San Salvador, and Atenco. Some of my
newest constituents hail from these regions and have fled their
former homes in the face of escalating violence and intimidation by
these groups."

To read the entire letter online, visit Narco News:

http://www.narconews.com

 From somewhere in a country called Amirica,

David B. Briones
Webmaster
The Narco News Bulletin
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