Declarations of Witnesses to the Assassination of Brad Will
Faced with constant threats and harassment against us and our families we write this letter so that the men and women of Mexico and the world are made aware of the abuse of power exercised recently by institutions such as the Federal Attorney General.
We have a right to live in peace with our families. From the very beginning, we five witnesses voluntarily came forward to contribute to the resolution of this case.We gave statements before the Federal Attorney General, contributing information, and offering testimony based on the real events and we presented counter arguments to those of the State Attorney General, given that the information and investigation led by this institution has always been full of irregularity, ambiguity and omissions.
All of this comes days before the 2nd anniversary of the murder of our comrade Bradley Roland Will and the impunity that surrounds the case. The Will family has expressed their anger and indignation about the situation understanding that yet another injustice has been committed, with the detention of Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno and Octavio Perez Perez, all innocent, in addition to the arrest warrants issued for us.
We are men with great dreams and social activists but that does not make us murderers. Those responsible are other people and there is sufficient proof of this in the recommendations of National Commission for Human Rights(CNDH) , FHR International Forensic Program of Physicians for HumanRights and Reporters without Borders.
All of these reports are based on seriousi nvestigations with substantiated arguments that debunk the claim that the shots that killed Brad were fired from close range.
For this reason we do not demand justice in terms of money, but rather the incarceration of the architects and the perpetrators of the murder of our brother Brad Will. We are referring to the Governor of Oaxaca Ulisis Ruiz Ortiz, the ex-President Vicente Fox and the currentPresident Felipe Calderon. We also denounce the impunity in the case of over 26 murders that occurred in the year 2006 when more than two million people mobilized to show their disapproval of a corrupt and ineffective government.
This is why we say Basta
Enough of this war against honest and dedicated social activists.
Enough of the corruption and cover-ups!
Leonardo Ortiz Cruz - GualbertoFrancisco Santiago Navarro - Gustavo Vilchis Ramírez - Miguel CruzMoreno - Alberta Guadalupe Navarro Hernández –
Todos adherentes a la OTRA CAMPAÑA y luchadores por la defensa de los derechos humanos
Oaxaca, 21 de octubre de 2008
Al Pueblo de Mexico,
Al Glorioso y Combativo Pueblo de Oaxaca,
A los adherentes de la Sexta Declaración y a la Otra Campaña,
A las ONG´s de Derechos Humanos de Mexico y el Mundo:



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