Mexico must investigate US journalist's death

Amnesty International has urged an investigation into the death of US video journalist Brad Will after the political activist wrongly accused of the killing was released. The organization welcomed the release of Juan Manuel Martinez after he won an appeal. It also demanded an investigation into the abuses committed by the security forces during violent political protests in the Mexican state of Oaxaca in 2006 when Brad Will and at least 17 others, most of them political activists, were killed. “This release was long overdue,” said Kerrie Howard, Americas Deputy Director at Amnesty International.…

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