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January 14, 2009 – Travel + Activism

OAXACA CITY, Mexico - Today I filmed members of Section 22 and APPO as they came to demand Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno’s release from prison at the offices of the 5th District Judge. In this clip, his sister Lybia reads the families statement. Background info: On October 16th 2008, Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno was imprisoned for the 2006 murder of American Journalist Brad Will, unjustly, as eye-witness and forensic evidence has proved his innocence. He was scapegoated by the Mexican government in order to appease U.S. demands that the case be prosecuted, as a prerequisite for funding to Mexico under the Merida Initiative. He remains incarcerated at Santa Maria Ixcotel prison, in the City of Oaxaca, to this day.