BOLIVIAN ASSASSINATION TRIAL CONNECTED TO GMIT STUDENT POSTPONED

Date Published: 01-Jun-2012

A Bolivian trial into an attempted presidential assassination attempt has been postponed, as the family of former GMIT student Michael Dwyer continue in thier attempt to clear his name.

The Tipperary native graduated from GMIT with a Construction Management graduate in 2008, and was shot dead by Bolivian special forces in April 2009.

Bolivian authorities insist he was involved in a plan to kill President Evo Morales.

The trial, which will try 39 men accused in the terror plot, was scheduled for Wednesday, but since postponed until July 23, after several defendents claimed to be ill.

Michael Dwyer's family are backed by Irish MEPs in their call for an international independent inquiry into the shooting.

They claim a forensic report proves Michael was executed and are looking for a new inquiry into his death.