It’s been almost 6 years since the October 27, 2006 day in Oaxaca when Indymedia video journalist, Brad Will, was murdered as he was filming a confrontation between APPO (Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca) and paramilitary forces affiliated with then governor, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, during the (at that point) 5-month long teachers’ strike.
Mexico catches suspect in death of a journalist Bradley Will
MEXICO CITY (AP)‚ — Prosecutors in southern Mexico say they have captured a man suspected in the killing of a U.S. journalist Bradley Will during protests against the Oaxaca state government in 2006.
A spokesman for the Oaxaca state prosecutors office says suspect Lenin Osorio was captured early Wednesday.
The spokesman says he is not authorized to be quoted by name, and that he does not know which side of the conflict the suspect was on.
Will was shot as he videotaped a clash between protesters and government supporters.
The New York man was covering the conflict for Indymedia.org. He sympathized with the protesters, one of whom was arrested in 2008 for the killing but was later released.
The protests started as a teachers’ strike and paralyzed Oaxaca’s capital for months until federal police intervened.
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As I write, journalists are being targeted all over the world and the teachers are again occupying Oaxaca’s zócalo, as they have every year since. However, perhaps there will be justice for one of the 26, 2006 murder victims. Vamos a ver….
The Revolution Next Door is a video tribute to Brad Will and includes footage shot by him, including his last tape.
To follow this news on Twitter, The Friends of Brad Will website lists the following Spanish language sites:
Oaxaca journo on the scene’s twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/#!/Jorgeopl
PGJE in Oaxaca’s feed:
https://twitter.com/#!/pgje_oaxaca
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