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Federal Judge Suspends Distribution of "Presunto Culpable"/"Presumed Guilty" in Mexico.
"The film about his case unrolls almost like fiction...
On Dec. 12, 2005, three policemen grabbed Mr. Zúñiga [the film's protagonist] as he was crossing the street in Iztapalapa, a warren of working-class neighborhoods jumbled at the city’s eastern edge. After two days in a holding cell, he was told that he was being charged with homicide and sent to prison...
The Mexico City judge in the case — there are no juries in Mexico — convicted Mr. Zúñiga despite tests showing that he had never fired a gun..."
Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/world/americas/05mexico.html?_r=1
"Presumed Guilty" will be streaming in its entirety through March 31, 2011 at the POV link posted here.
Read more:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/03/international/i104438S22.DTL
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033036?refcatid=1446
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