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A judge convicted Beresford-Redman of murdering 41-year-old
restaurant owner Monica Burgos while the couple vacationed with
their two children at a Cancun resort in April 2010, the
attorney general's office of Mexico's Quintana Roo state said
late on Thursday.
Burgos' body was found in a sewer pipe near the resort, and
prosecutors said she appeared to have been strangled.
Hotel staff said the couple had a heated argument during their
stay.
"There is no evidence against Bruce," Beresford-Redman's lawyer,
Jaime Cancino, said on Friday, adding that he would take the
case to the Supreme Court if necessary.
U.S. marshals arrested the producer in Los Angeles in November
2010 and extradited him to Mexico last month.
During a July 2011 extradition hearing, prosecutors said
Beresford-Redman killed Burgos for insurance money and custody
of the children.
(Reporting by Isela Serrano; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)
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