The Mexican Supreme Court recently ruled that General Manuel de Jesus Moreno Avina, who was in charge of the Ojinaga military garrison for 18 months - beginning in 2008 - should be tried for human rights crimes in a civil court. This would mark a departure from what the constitution currently stipulates: that military crimes be tried before a closed, secret military tribunal.
For KRTS News, Lorne Matalon reports from Ojinaga, Mexico. Click above to listen.