MEXICO

WHEREAS
Philip True, correspondent of the San Antonio Express-News, was killed in Mexico in 1998 and two of the alleged killers were detained and charged

WHEREAS
an autopsy performed on True's body in Jalisco by a doctor of that state established that he was murdered

WHEREAS
studies by four American medical examiners had the same result as the autopsy in Mexico that True was murdered

WHEREAS
the prisoners said three times they were guilty of the crime

WHEREAS
recently a Jalisco judge freed the two men accused of killing True, saying that his death was accidental, according to a different evaluation of the autopsy reports

WHEREAS
True's widow has appealed the ruling and a decision is expected within weeks

WHEREAS
Principle 4 of the Declaration of Chapultepec says, "Freedom of expression and of the press are severely limited by murder, terrorism, kidnapping, pressure, intimidation, the unjust imprisonment of journalists, the destruction of facilities, violence of any kind and impunity for perpetrators. Such acts must be investigated promptly and punished harshly"

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE IAPA RESOLVES
to denounce the irregular manner in which the case of the murdered journalist has been handled, commencing with the inadequate initial police investigation

to encourage the judicial authorities of the State of Jalisco, Mexico, to make a close and rigorous review of the evidence in the case and to apply the appropriate punishment to those who are guilty of killing the Texan journalist.