12 arrested outside Mexican Consulate
From: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/
europe/10/30/monday/index.html
NEW YORK (CNN) — About 100 people rallied Monday outside the Mexican Consulate to protest the killing last week in southern Mexico of a New York journalist.
Twelve of the demonstrators were taken into custody, but were not immediately charged, said a New York Police Department spokeswoman.
The activists and friends of Bradley Will, who was killed Friday in the southern state capital city of Oaxaca as he documented a protest there, demanded that the Mexican government withdraw its troops from the area and recognize the new self-governing People’s Popular Assembly of Oaxaca.
“Today’s action is what Brad would have wanted,” said Beka Econompoulos, an activist and friend of Will. “It puts our grief into action supporting the people and the movement he went to Oaxaca to document and help defend.” –From CNN’s Deborah Brunswick (Posted 4:14 p.m.)
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By earthkin, 10/31/2006 @ 5:07 pm
I’m impressed with the sympathy and accuracy of this report. Thank you, Deborah!