The last update on here about Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno, pictured above, was back in August 2009, when Mexico's Federal Attorney General's Office (PGR) released a report it claimed was by the RCMP supporting their case against him.
For those who don't remember, Juan Manuel is a member of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca who is being scapegoated for the October 27, 2006, murder of Indymedia journalist Brad Will, actually carried out by paramilitaries linked to the governor of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. He has been in jail since September 2008.
In exciting news, on December 30, 2009, a state court ordered Juan Manuel released within ten business days for lack of evidence, citing that the testimonies against him had "lost all probative value." Juan Manuel was to be released on January 16, barring an appeal by the PGR.
Everyone was skeptical, as the PGR has been pathologically pursuing its sham of a case against Juan Manuel for more than a year. Yet, things looked even brighter when the PGR communicated to Juan Manuel's family that they would not be appealing the ruling.
And then, of course, on January 15, just before time ran out to appeal, the sick bastards at the PGR filed an appeal against his release. The case now must go to the Supreme Court, which will take several months at least, and all the while Juan Manuel remains in prison.
Contact your congressmember across the USA, tell them Free Juan Manuel, and Stop the Merida Initiative
Posted by: Jen | January 21, 2010 at 08:57 AM
thanks. Glad I founf this blog.
Posted by: angry white girl | January 22, 2010 at 06:44 PM