Mexico mourns young footballer shot dead as outrage grows over police abuse
by David Agren in Mexico City from on (#54KG9)
Protests are planned after the death of 16-year-old US-born Alexander Martinez Gomez, killed by police as he rode his motorbike
Sobbing down the telephone line from her home in rural Oaxaca state, Virginia Gomez remembered her 16-year-old son Alexander as a healthy youngster, who didn't smoke, didn't drink - and dreamed of playing football for Mexico.
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